Q: Is 3,486,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,486,112 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 3,486,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 79 112 158 197 224 316 394 553 632 788 1,106 1,264 1,379 1,576 2,212 2,528 2,758 3,152 4,424 5,516 6,304 8,848 11,032 15,563 17,696 22,064 31,126 44,128 62,252 108,941 124,504 217,882 249,008 435,764 498,016 871,528 1,743,056 and 3,486,112, with no remainder.

Since 3,486,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,486,112, 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).