Q: Is 3,471,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,471,072 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 3,471,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 19 22 24 32 33 38 44 48 57 66 76 88 96 114 132 152 173 176 209 228 264 304 346 352 418 456 519 528 608 627 692 836 912 1,038 1,056 1,254 1,384 1,672 1,824 1,903 2,076 2,508 2,768 3,287 3,344 3,806 4,152 5,016 5,536 5,709 6,574 6,688 7,612 8,304 9,861 10,032 11,418 13,148 15,224 16,608 19,722 20,064 22,836 26,296 30,448 36,157 39,444 45,672 52,592 60,896 72,314 78,888 91,344 105,184 108,471 144,628 157,776 182,688 216,942 289,256 315,552 433,884 578,512 867,768 1,157,024 1,735,536 and 3,471,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,471,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,471,072, 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).