Q: Is 3,491,478 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,491,478 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 3,491,478 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 38 41 54 57 82 83 114 123 166 171 246 249 342 369 498 513 738 747 779 1,026 1,107 1,494 1,558 1,577 2,214 2,241 2,337 3,154 3,403 4,482 4,674 4,731 6,806 7,011 9,462 10,209 14,022 14,193 20,418 21,033 28,386 30,627 42,066 42,579 61,254 64,657 85,158 91,881 129,314 183,762 193,971 387,942 581,913 1,163,826 1,745,739 and 3,491,478, with no remainder.

Since 3,491,478 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,491,478, 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).