Q: Is 3,437,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,437,448 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 3,437,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 37 42 49 56 74 79 84 98 111 147 148 158 168 196 222 237 259 294 296 316 392 444 474 518 553 588 632 777 888 948 1,036 1,106 1,176 1,554 1,659 1,813 1,896 2,072 2,212 2,923 3,108 3,318 3,626 3,871 4,424 5,439 5,846 6,216 6,636 7,252 7,742 8,769 10,878 11,613 11,692 13,272 14,504 15,484 17,538 20,461 21,756 23,226 23,384 30,968 35,076 40,922 43,512 46,452 61,383 70,152 81,844 92,904 122,766 143,227 163,688 245,532 286,454 429,681 491,064 572,908 859,362 1,145,816 1,718,724 and 3,437,448, with no remainder.

Since 3,437,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,437,448, 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).