Q: Is 3,473,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,473,148 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 3,473,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 173 239 346 478 519 692 717 956 1,038 1,211 1,434 1,673 2,076 2,422 2,868 3,346 3,633 4,844 5,019 6,692 7,266 10,038 14,532 20,076 41,347 82,694 124,041 165,388 248,082 289,429 496,164 578,858 868,287 1,157,716 1,736,574 and 3,473,148, with no remainder.

Since 3,473,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,473,148, 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).