Q: Is 3,422,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,422,496 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 3,422,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 463 528 616 672 924 926 1,056 1,232 1,389 1,848 1,852 2,464 2,778 3,241 3,696 3,704 5,093 5,556 6,482 7,392 7,408 9,723 10,186 11,112 12,964 14,816 15,279 19,446 20,372 22,224 25,928 30,558 35,651 38,892 40,744 44,448 51,856 61,116 71,302 77,784 81,488 103,712 106,953 122,232 142,604 155,568 162,976 213,906 244,464 285,208 311,136 427,812 488,928 570,416 855,624 1,140,832 1,711,248 and 3,422,496, with no remainder.

Since 3,422,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,422,496, 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).