Q: Is 3,440,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,440,976 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 3,440,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 19 21 22 24 28 33 38 42 44 48 49 56 57 66 76 77 84 88 98 112 114 132 133 147 152 154 168 176 196 209 228 231 264 266 294 304 308 336 343 392 399 418 456 462 528 532 539 588 616 627 686 784 798 836 912 924 931 1,029 1,064 1,078 1,176 1,232 1,254 1,372 1,463 1,596 1,617 1,672 1,848 1,862 2,058 2,128 2,156 2,352 2,508 2,744 2,793 2,926 3,192 3,234 3,344 3,696 3,724 3,773 4,116 4,312 4,389 5,016 5,488 5,586 5,852 6,384 6,468 6,517 7,448 7,546 8,232 8,624 8,778 10,032 10,241 11,172 11,319 11,704 12,936 13,034 14,896 15,092 16,464 17,556 19,551 20,482 22,344 22,638 23,408 25,872 26,068 30,184 30,723 35,112 39,102 40,964 44,688 45,276 52,136 60,368 61,446 70,224 71,687 78,204 81,928 90,552 104,272 122,892 143,374 156,408 163,856 181,104 215,061 245,784 286,748 312,816 430,122 491,568 573,496 860,244 1,146,992 1,720,488 and 3,440,976, with no remainder.

Since 3,440,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,440,976, 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).