Q: Is 3,413,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,413,872 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 3,413,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 34 44 56 68 77 88 112 119 136 154 163 176 187 238 272 308 326 374 476 616 652 748 952 1,141 1,232 1,304 1,309 1,496 1,793 1,904 2,282 2,608 2,618 2,771 2,992 3,586 4,564 5,236 5,542 7,172 9,128 10,472 11,084 12,551 14,344 18,256 19,397 20,944 22,168 25,102 28,688 30,481 38,794 44,336 50,204 60,962 77,588 100,408 121,924 155,176 200,816 213,367 243,848 310,352 426,734 487,696 853,468 1,706,936 and 3,413,872, with no remainder.

Since 3,413,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,413,872, 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).