Q: Is 3,355,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,355,488 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 3,355,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 61 72 96 122 144 183 191 244 288 366 382 488 549 573 732 764 976 1,098 1,146 1,464 1,528 1,719 1,952 2,196 2,292 2,928 3,056 3,438 4,392 4,584 5,856 6,112 6,876 8,784 9,168 11,651 13,752 17,568 18,336 23,302 27,504 34,953 46,604 55,008 69,906 93,208 104,859 139,812 186,416 209,718 279,624 372,832 419,436 559,248 838,872 1,118,496 1,677,744 and 3,355,488, with no remainder.

Since 3,355,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,355,488, 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).