Q: Is 3,497,886 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,497,886 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 3,497,886 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 23 34 42 46 51 63 69 71 102 119 126 138 142 153 161 207 213 238 306 322 357 391 414 426 483 497 639 714 782 966 994 1,071 1,173 1,207 1,278 1,449 1,491 1,633 2,142 2,346 2,414 2,737 2,898 2,982 3,266 3,519 3,621 4,473 4,899 5,474 7,038 7,242 8,211 8,449 8,946 9,798 10,863 11,431 14,697 16,422 16,898 21,726 22,862 24,633 25,347 27,761 29,394 34,293 49,266 50,694 55,522 68,586 76,041 83,283 102,879 152,082 166,566 194,327 205,758 249,849 388,654 499,698 582,981 1,165,962 1,748,943 and 3,497,886, with no remainder.

Since 3,497,886 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,497,886, 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).