Q: Is 3,678,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,678,584 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 3,678,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 26 28 31 52 56 62 91 104 124 163 182 217 248 326 364 403 434 652 728 806 868 1,141 1,304 1,612 1,736 2,119 2,282 2,821 3,224 4,238 4,564 5,053 5,642 8,476 9,128 10,106 11,284 14,833 16,952 20,212 22,568 29,666 35,371 40,424 59,332 65,689 70,742 118,664 131,378 141,484 262,756 282,968 459,823 525,512 919,646 1,839,292 and 3,678,584, with no remainder.

Since 3,678,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,678,584, 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).