Q: Is 3,005,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,005,464 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 3,005,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 17 22 28 34 41 44 49 56 68 77 82 88 98 119 136 154 164 187 196 238 287 308 328 374 392 451 476 539 574 616 697 748 833 902 952 1,078 1,148 1,309 1,394 1,496 1,666 1,804 2,009 2,156 2,296 2,618 2,788 3,157 3,332 3,608 4,018 4,312 4,879 5,236 5,576 6,314 6,664 7,667 8,036 9,163 9,758 10,472 12,628 15,334 16,072 18,326 19,516 22,099 25,256 30,668 34,153 36,652 39,032 44,198 53,669 61,336 68,306 73,304 88,396 107,338 136,612 176,792 214,676 273,224 375,683 429,352 751,366 1,502,732 and 3,005,464, with no remainder.

Since 3,005,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,005,464, 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).