Q: Is 3,433,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,433,416 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 3,433,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 107 168 191 214 321 382 428 573 642 749 764 856 1,146 1,284 1,337 1,498 1,528 2,247 2,292 2,568 2,674 2,996 4,011 4,494 4,584 5,348 5,992 8,022 8,988 10,696 16,044 17,976 20,437 32,088 40,874 61,311 81,748 122,622 143,059 163,496 245,244 286,118 429,177 490,488 572,236 858,354 1,144,472 1,716,708 and 3,433,416, with no remainder.

Since 3,433,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,433,416, 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).