Q: Is 3,464,916 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,464,916 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 3,464,916 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 26 28 38 39 42 52 57 76 78 84 91 114 133 156 167 182 228 247 266 273 334 364 399 494 501 532 546 668 741 798 988 1,002 1,092 1,169 1,482 1,596 1,729 2,004 2,171 2,338 2,964 3,173 3,458 3,507 4,342 4,676 5,187 6,346 6,513 6,916 7,014 8,684 9,519 10,374 12,692 13,026 14,028 15,197 19,038 20,748 22,211 26,052 30,394 38,076 41,249 44,422 45,591 60,788 66,633 82,498 88,844 91,182 123,747 133,266 164,996 182,364 247,494 266,532 288,743 494,988 577,486 866,229 1,154,972 1,732,458 and 3,464,916, with no remainder.

Since 3,464,916 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,464,916, 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).