Q: Is 3,629,262 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,629,262 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 3,629,262 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 17 21 23 26 34 39 42 46 51 69 78 91 102 119 138 161 182 221 238 273 289 299 322 357 391 442 483 546 578 598 663 714 782 867 897 966 1,173 1,326 1,547 1,734 1,794 2,023 2,093 2,346 2,737 3,094 3,757 4,046 4,186 4,641 5,083 5,474 6,069 6,279 6,647 7,514 8,211 9,282 10,166 11,271 12,138 12,558 13,294 15,249 16,422 19,941 22,542 26,299 30,498 35,581 39,882 46,529 52,598 71,162 78,897 86,411 93,058 106,743 139,587 157,794 172,822 213,486 259,233 279,174 518,466 604,877 1,209,754 1,814,631 and 3,629,262, with no remainder.

Since 3,629,262 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,629,262, 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).