Q: Is 3,634,362 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,634,362 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 3,634,362 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 37 51 54 74 102 107 111 153 214 222 306 321 333 459 629 642 666 918 963 999 1,258 1,819 1,887 1,926 1,998 2,889 3,638 3,774 3,959 5,457 5,661 5,778 7,918 10,914 11,322 11,877 16,371 16,983 23,754 32,742 33,966 35,631 49,113 67,303 71,262 98,226 106,893 134,606 201,909 213,786 403,818 605,727 1,211,454 1,817,181 and 3,634,362, with no remainder.

Since 3,634,362 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,634,362, 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).