Q: Is 3,424,356 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,424,356 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 3,424,356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 234 243 271 324 351 468 486 542 702 813 972 1,053 1,084 1,404 1,626 2,106 2,439 3,159 3,252 3,523 4,212 4,878 6,318 7,046 7,317 9,756 10,569 12,636 14,092 14,634 21,138 21,951 29,268 31,707 42,276 43,902 63,414 65,853 87,804 95,121 126,828 131,706 190,242 263,412 285,363 380,484 570,726 856,089 1,141,452 1,712,178 and 3,424,356, with no remainder.

Since 3,424,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,424,356, 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).