Q: Is 3,437,856 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,437,856 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 3,437,856 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 96 108 138 144 173 184 207 216 276 288 346 368 414 432 519 552 621 692 736 828 864 1,038 1,104 1,242 1,384 1,557 1,656 2,076 2,208 2,484 2,768 3,114 3,312 3,979 4,152 4,671 4,968 5,536 6,228 6,624 7,958 8,304 9,342 9,936 11,937 12,456 15,916 16,608 18,684 19,872 23,874 24,912 31,832 35,811 37,368 47,748 49,824 63,664 71,622 74,736 95,496 107,433 127,328 143,244 149,472 190,992 214,866 286,488 381,984 429,732 572,976 859,464 1,145,952 1,718,928 and 3,437,856, with no remainder.

Since 3,437,856 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,437,856, 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).