Q: Is 3,463,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,463,488 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 3,463,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 859 1,008 1,344 1,718 2,016 2,577 3,436 4,032 5,154 6,013 6,872 7,731 10,308 12,026 13,744 15,462 18,039 20,616 24,052 27,488 30,924 36,078 41,232 48,104 54,117 54,976 61,848 72,156 82,464 96,208 108,234 123,696 144,312 164,928 192,416 216,468 247,392 288,624 384,832 432,936 494,784 577,248 865,872 1,154,496 1,731,744 and 3,463,488, with no remainder.

Since 3,463,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,463,488, 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).