Q: Is 3,444,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,444,224 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 3,444,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 56 62 64 112 124 128 217 224 248 256 434 448 496 512 868 896 961 992 1,736 1,792 1,922 1,984 3,472 3,584 3,844 3,968 6,727 6,944 7,688 7,936 13,454 13,888 15,376 15,872 26,908 27,776 30,752 53,816 55,552 61,504 107,632 111,104 123,008 215,264 246,016 430,528 492,032 861,056 1,722,112 and 3,444,224, with no remainder.

Since 3,444,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,444,224, 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).