Q: Is 3,476,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,476,616 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 3,476,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 264 286 312 429 572 858 1,013 1,144 1,716 2,026 3,039 3,432 4,052 6,078 8,104 11,143 12,156 13,169 22,286 24,312 26,338 33,429 39,507 44,572 52,676 66,858 79,014 89,144 105,352 133,716 144,859 158,028 267,432 289,718 316,056 434,577 579,436 869,154 1,158,872 1,738,308 and 3,476,616, with no remainder.

Since 3,476,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,476,616, 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).