Q: Is 3,487,248 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 3,487,248 is a composite number.

Why is 3,487,248 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 3,487,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 61 72 122 144 183 244 366 397 488 549 732 794 976 1,098 1,191 1,464 1,588 2,196 2,382 2,928 3,176 3,573 4,392 4,764 6,352 7,146 8,784 9,528 14,292 19,056 24,217 28,584 48,434 57,168 72,651 96,868 145,302 193,736 217,953 290,604 387,472 435,906 581,208 871,812 1,162,416 1,743,624 and 3,487,248, with no remainder.

Since 3,487,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,487,248, 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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