Q: Is 3,845,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,845,502 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 3,845,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 54 59 71 102 118 142 153 177 213 306 354 426 459 531 639 918 1,003 1,062 1,207 1,278 1,593 1,917 2,006 2,414 3,009 3,186 3,621 3,834 4,189 6,018 7,242 8,378 9,027 10,863 12,567 18,054 21,726 25,134 27,081 32,589 37,701 54,162 65,178 71,213 75,402 113,103 142,426 213,639 226,206 427,278 640,917 1,281,834 1,922,751 and 3,845,502, with no remainder.

Since 3,845,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,845,502, 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).