Q: Is 3,497,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,497,428 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 3,497,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 101 202 404 787 1,111 1,574 2,222 3,148 4,444 8,657 17,314 34,628 79,487 158,974 317,948 874,357 1,748,714 and 3,497,428, with no remainder.

Since 3,497,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,497,428, 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).