Q: Is 3,669,834 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,669,834 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 3,669,834 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 23 29 42 46 58 69 87 131 138 161 174 203 262 322 393 406 483 609 667 786 917 966 1,218 1,334 1,834 2,001 2,751 3,013 3,799 4,002 4,669 5,502 6,026 7,598 9,039 9,338 11,397 14,007 18,078 21,091 22,794 26,593 28,014 42,182 53,186 63,273 79,779 87,377 126,546 159,558 174,754 262,131 524,262 611,639 1,223,278 1,834,917 and 3,669,834, with no remainder.

Since 3,669,834 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,669,834, 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).