Q: Is 3,444,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,444,552 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 3,444,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 108 111 148 216 222 296 333 431 444 666 862 888 999 1,293 1,332 1,724 1,998 2,586 2,664 3,448 3,879 3,996 5,172 7,758 7,992 10,344 11,637 15,516 15,947 23,274 31,032 31,894 46,548 47,841 63,788 93,096 95,682 127,576 143,523 191,364 287,046 382,728 430,569 574,092 861,138 1,148,184 1,722,276 and 3,444,552, with no remainder.

Since 3,444,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,444,552, 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).