Q: Is 3,470,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,470,148 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 3,470,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 23 27 33 36 44 46 54 66 69 92 99 108 127 132 138 198 207 253 254 276 297 381 396 414 506 508 594 621 759 762 828 1,012 1,143 1,188 1,242 1,397 1,518 1,524 2,277 2,286 2,484 2,794 2,921 3,036 3,429 4,191 4,554 4,572 5,588 5,842 6,831 6,858 8,382 8,763 9,108 11,684 12,573 13,662 13,716 16,764 17,526 25,146 26,289 27,324 32,131 35,052 37,719 50,292 52,578 64,262 75,438 78,867 96,393 105,156 128,524 150,876 157,734 192,786 289,179 315,468 385,572 578,358 867,537 1,156,716 1,735,074 and 3,470,148, with no remainder.

Since 3,470,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,470,148, 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).