Q: Is 3,440,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,440,112 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 3,440,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 37 39 48 52 74 78 104 111 148 149 156 208 222 296 298 312 444 447 481 592 596 624 888 894 962 1,192 1,443 1,776 1,788 1,924 1,937 2,384 2,886 3,576 3,848 3,874 5,513 5,772 5,811 7,152 7,696 7,748 11,026 11,544 11,622 15,496 16,539 22,052 23,088 23,244 30,992 33,078 44,104 46,488 66,156 71,669 88,208 92,976 132,312 143,338 215,007 264,624 286,676 430,014 573,352 860,028 1,146,704 1,720,056 and 3,440,112, with no remainder.

Since 3,440,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,440,112, 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).