Q: Is 3,468,612 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,468,612 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 3,468,612 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 49 51 68 84 98 102 119 147 196 204 238 294 347 357 476 588 694 714 833 1,041 1,388 1,428 1,666 2,082 2,429 2,499 3,332 4,164 4,858 4,998 5,899 7,287 9,716 9,996 11,798 14,574 17,003 17,697 23,596 29,148 34,006 35,394 41,293 51,009 68,012 70,788 82,586 102,018 123,879 165,172 204,036 247,758 289,051 495,516 578,102 867,153 1,156,204 1,734,306 and 3,468,612, with no remainder.

Since 3,468,612 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,468,612, 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).