Q: Is 3,484,884 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,484,884 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 3,484,884 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 78 89 156 178 251 267 356 502 534 753 1,004 1,068 1,157 1,506 2,314 3,012 3,263 3,471 4,628 6,526 6,942 9,789 13,052 13,884 19,578 22,339 39,156 44,678 67,017 89,356 134,034 268,068 290,407 580,814 871,221 1,161,628 1,742,442 and 3,484,884, with no remainder.

Since 3,484,884 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,484,884, 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).