Q: Is 3,479,724 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 3,479,724 is a composite number.

Why is 3,479,724 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 3,479,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 163 326 489 593 652 978 1,186 1,467 1,779 1,956 2,372 2,934 3,558 5,337 5,868 7,116 10,674 21,348 96,659 193,318 289,977 386,636 579,954 869,931 1,159,908 1,739,862 and 3,479,724, with no remainder.

Since 3,479,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,479,724, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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