Q: Is 3,176,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,176,484 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 3,176,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 23 34 46 51 68 69 92 102 138 204 276 391 677 782 1,173 1,354 1,564 2,031 2,346 2,708 4,062 4,692 8,124 11,509 15,571 23,018 31,142 34,527 46,036 46,713 62,284 69,054 93,426 138,108 186,852 264,707 529,414 794,121 1,058,828 1,588,242 and 3,176,484, with no remainder.

Since 3,176,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,176,484, 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).