Q: Is 3,431,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,431,472 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 3,431,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 67 88 97 132 134 176 194 201 264 268 291 388 402 528 536 582 737 776 804 1,067 1,072 1,164 1,474 1,552 1,608 2,134 2,211 2,328 2,948 3,201 3,216 4,268 4,422 4,656 5,896 6,402 6,499 8,536 8,844 11,792 12,804 12,998 17,072 17,688 19,497 25,608 25,996 35,376 38,994 51,216 51,992 71,489 77,988 103,984 142,978 155,976 214,467 285,956 311,952 428,934 571,912 857,868 1,143,824 1,715,736 and 3,431,472, with no remainder.

Since 3,431,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,431,472, 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).