Q: Is 3,477,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,477,012 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 3,477,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 53 66 71 77 84 106 132 142 154 159 212 213 231 284 308 318 371 426 462 497 583 636 742 781 852 924 994 1,113 1,166 1,484 1,491 1,562 1,749 1,988 2,226 2,332 2,343 2,982 3,124 3,498 3,763 4,081 4,452 4,686 5,467 5,964 6,996 7,526 8,162 9,372 10,934 11,289 12,243 15,052 16,324 16,401 21,868 22,578 24,486 26,341 32,802 41,393 45,156 48,972 52,682 65,604 79,023 82,786 105,364 124,179 158,046 165,572 248,358 289,751 316,092 496,716 579,502 869,253 1,159,004 1,738,506 and 3,477,012, with no remainder.

Since 3,477,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,477,012, 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).