Q: Is 3,438,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,438,072 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 3,438,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 198 216 264 297 396 594 792 1,188 1,447 2,376 2,894 4,341 5,788 8,682 11,576 13,023 15,917 17,364 26,046 31,834 34,728 39,069 47,751 52,092 63,668 78,138 95,502 104,184 127,336 143,253 156,276 191,004 286,506 312,552 382,008 429,759 573,012 859,518 1,146,024 1,719,036 and 3,438,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,438,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,438,072, 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).