Q: Is 3,471,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,471,936 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 3,471,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 107 156 169 192 208 214 312 321 338 416 428 507 624 642 676 832 856 1,014 1,248 1,284 1,352 1,391 1,712 2,028 2,496 2,568 2,704 2,782 3,424 4,056 4,173 5,136 5,408 5,564 6,848 8,112 8,346 10,272 10,816 11,128 16,224 16,692 18,083 20,544 22,256 32,448 33,384 36,166 44,512 54,249 66,768 72,332 89,024 108,498 133,536 144,664 216,996 267,072 289,328 433,992 578,656 867,984 1,157,312 1,735,968 and 3,471,936, with no remainder.

Since 3,471,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,471,936, 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).