Q: Is 3,491,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,491,712 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 3,491,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 128 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 384 433 448 504 576 672 866 896 1,008 1,152 1,299 1,344 1,732 2,016 2,598 2,688 3,031 3,464 3,897 4,032 5,196 6,062 6,928 7,794 8,064 9,093 10,392 12,124 13,856 15,588 18,186 20,784 24,248 27,279 27,712 31,176 36,372 41,568 48,496 54,558 55,424 62,352 72,744 83,136 96,992 109,116 124,704 145,488 166,272 193,984 218,232 249,408 290,976 387,968 436,464 498,816 581,952 872,928 1,163,904 1,745,856 and 3,491,712, with no remainder.

Since 3,491,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,491,712, 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).