Q: Is 3,617,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,617,676 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 3,617,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 41 43 54 57 76 82 86 108 114 123 129 164 171 172 228 246 258 342 369 387 492 513 516 684 738 774 779 817 1,026 1,107 1,161 1,476 1,548 1,558 1,634 1,763 2,052 2,214 2,322 2,337 2,451 3,116 3,268 3,526 4,428 4,644 4,674 4,902 5,289 7,011 7,052 7,353 9,348 9,804 10,578 14,022 14,706 15,867 21,033 21,156 22,059 28,044 29,412 31,734 33,497 42,066 44,118 47,601 63,468 66,994 84,132 88,236 95,202 100,491 133,988 190,404 200,982 301,473 401,964 602,946 904,419 1,205,892 1,808,838 and 3,617,676, with no remainder.

Since 3,617,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,617,676, 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).