Q: Is 3,611,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,611,608 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,611,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 41 44 52 56 77 82 88 91 104 121 143 154 164 182 242 286 287 308 328 364 451 484 533 572 574 616 728 847 902 968 1,001 1,066 1,144 1,148 1,573 1,694 1,804 2,002 2,132 2,296 3,146 3,157 3,388 3,608 3,731 4,004 4,264 4,961 5,863 6,292 6,314 6,776 7,462 8,008 9,922 11,011 11,726 12,584 12,628 14,924 19,844 22,022 23,452 25,256 29,848 34,727 39,688 41,041 44,044 46,904 64,493 69,454 82,082 88,088 128,986 138,908 164,164 257,972 277,816 328,328 451,451 515,944 902,902 1,805,804 and 3,611,608, with no remainder.

Since 3,611,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,611,608, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).