Q: Is 3,487,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,487,624 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 3,487,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 31 41 49 56 62 82 98 124 164 196 217 248 287 328 343 392 434 574 686 868 1,148 1,271 1,372 1,519 1,736 2,009 2,296 2,542 2,744 3,038 4,018 5,084 6,076 8,036 8,897 10,168 10,633 12,152 14,063 16,072 17,794 21,266 28,126 35,588 42,532 56,252 62,279 71,176 85,064 112,504 124,558 249,116 435,953 498,232 871,906 1,743,812 and 3,487,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,487,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,487,624, 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).