Q: Is 3,631,698 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,631,698 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 3,631,698 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 37 38 41 42 57 63 74 82 111 114 123 126 133 171 222 246 259 266 287 333 342 369 399 518 574 666 703 738 777 779 798 861 1,197 1,406 1,517 1,554 1,558 1,722 2,109 2,331 2,337 2,394 2,583 3,034 4,218 4,551 4,662 4,674 4,921 5,166 5,453 6,327 7,011 9,102 9,842 10,619 10,906 12,654 13,653 14,022 14,763 16,359 21,238 27,306 28,823 29,526 31,857 32,718 44,289 49,077 57,646 63,714 86,469 88,578 95,571 98,154 172,938 191,142 201,761 259,407 403,522 518,814 605,283 1,210,566 1,815,849 and 3,631,698, with no remainder.

Since 3,631,698 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,631,698, 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).