Q: Is 3,474,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,474,468 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 3,474,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 53 54 106 108 159 212 318 477 607 636 954 1,214 1,431 1,821 1,908 2,428 2,862 3,642 5,463 5,724 7,284 10,926 16,389 21,852 32,171 32,778 64,342 65,556 96,513 128,684 193,026 289,539 386,052 579,078 868,617 1,158,156 1,737,234 and 3,474,468, with no remainder.

Since 3,474,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,474,468, 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).