Q: Is 3,447,290 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,447,290 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 3,447,290 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 11 14 22 35 37 55 70 74 77 110 121 154 185 242 259 370 385 407 518 605 770 814 847 1,210 1,295 1,331 1,694 2,035 2,590 2,662 2,849 4,070 4,235 4,477 5,698 6,655 8,470 8,954 9,317 13,310 14,245 18,634 22,385 28,490 31,339 44,770 46,585 49,247 62,678 93,170 98,494 156,695 246,235 313,390 344,729 492,470 689,458 1,723,645 and 3,447,290, with no remainder.

Since 3,447,290 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,447,290, 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).