Q: Is 3,805,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,805,542 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 3,805,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 39 54 78 81 117 139 162 169 234 278 338 351 417 507 702 834 1,014 1,053 1,251 1,521 1,807 2,106 2,502 3,042 3,614 3,753 4,563 5,421 7,506 9,126 10,842 11,259 13,689 16,263 22,518 23,491 27,378 32,526 46,982 48,789 70,473 97,578 140,946 146,367 211,419 292,734 422,838 634,257 1,268,514 1,902,771 and 3,805,542, with no remainder.

Since 3,805,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,805,542, 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).