Q: Is 3,450,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,450,216 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 3,450,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 264 308 462 616 924 1,848 1,867 3,734 5,601 7,468 11,202 13,069 14,936 20,537 22,404 26,138 39,207 41,074 44,808 52,276 61,611 78,414 82,148 104,552 123,222 143,759 156,828 164,296 246,444 287,518 313,656 431,277 492,888 575,036 862,554 1,150,072 1,725,108 and 3,450,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,450,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,450,216, 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).