Q: Is 3,411,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,411,252 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 3,411,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 37 39 52 74 78 111 117 148 156 197 222 234 333 394 444 468 481 591 666 788 962 1,182 1,332 1,443 1,773 1,924 2,364 2,561 2,886 3,546 4,329 5,122 5,772 7,092 7,289 7,683 8,658 10,244 14,578 15,366 17,316 21,867 23,049 29,156 30,732 43,734 46,098 65,601 87,468 92,196 94,757 131,202 189,514 262,404 284,271 379,028 568,542 852,813 1,137,084 1,705,626 and 3,411,252, with no remainder.

Since 3,411,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,411,252, 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).