Q: Is 3,497,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,497,328 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 3,497,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 149 163 298 326 447 489 596 652 894 978 1,192 1,304 1,341 1,467 1,788 1,956 2,384 2,608 2,682 2,934 3,576 3,912 5,364 5,868 7,152 7,824 10,728 11,736 21,456 23,472 24,287 48,574 72,861 97,148 145,722 194,296 218,583 291,444 388,592 437,166 582,888 874,332 1,165,776 1,748,664 and 3,497,328, with no remainder.

Since 3,497,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,497,328, 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).