Q: Is 3,403,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,403,456 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 3,403,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 71 107 112 142 214 224 284 428 448 497 568 749 856 994 1,136 1,498 1,712 1,988 2,272 2,996 3,424 3,976 4,544 5,992 6,848 7,597 7,952 11,984 15,194 15,904 23,968 30,388 31,808 47,936 53,179 60,776 106,358 121,552 212,716 243,104 425,432 486,208 850,864 1,701,728 and 3,403,456, with no remainder.

Since 3,403,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,403,456, 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).