Q: Is 3,497,956 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,497,956 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 3,497,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 41 44 77 82 154 164 277 287 308 451 554 574 902 1,108 1,148 1,804 1,939 3,047 3,157 3,878 6,094 6,314 7,756 11,357 12,188 12,628 21,329 22,714 42,658 45,428 79,499 85,316 124,927 158,998 249,854 317,996 499,708 874,489 1,748,978 and 3,497,956, with no remainder.

Since 3,497,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,497,956, 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).