Q: Is 3,691,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,691,368 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 3,691,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 167 307 334 501 614 668 921 1,002 1,228 1,336 1,503 1,842 2,004 2,456 2,763 3,006 3,684 4,008 5,526 6,012 7,368 11,052 12,024 22,104 51,269 102,538 153,807 205,076 307,614 410,152 461,421 615,228 922,842 1,230,456 1,845,684 and 3,691,368, with no remainder.

Since 3,691,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,691,368, 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).