Q: Is 3,472,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,472,170 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 3,472,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 26 29 30 39 58 65 78 87 130 145 174 195 290 307 377 390 435 614 754 870 921 1,131 1,535 1,842 1,885 2,262 3,070 3,770 3,991 4,605 5,655 7,982 8,903 9,210 11,310 11,973 17,806 19,955 23,946 26,709 39,910 44,515 53,418 59,865 89,030 115,739 119,730 133,545 231,478 267,090 347,217 578,695 694,434 1,157,390 1,736,085 and 3,472,170, with no remainder.

Since 3,472,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,472,170, 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).