Q: Is 3,471,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,471,876 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 3,471,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 31 34 36 51 54 61 62 68 93 102 108 122 124 153 183 186 204 244 279 306 366 372 459 527 549 558 612 732 837 918 1,037 1,054 1,098 1,116 1,581 1,647 1,674 1,836 1,891 2,074 2,108 2,196 3,111 3,162 3,294 3,348 3,782 4,148 4,743 5,673 6,222 6,324 6,588 7,564 9,333 9,486 11,346 12,444 14,229 17,019 18,666 18,972 22,692 27,999 28,458 32,147 34,038 37,332 51,057 55,998 56,916 64,294 68,076 96,441 102,114 111,996 128,588 192,882 204,228 289,323 385,764 578,646 867,969 1,157,292 1,735,938 and 3,471,876, with no remainder.

Since 3,471,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,471,876, 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).