Q: Is 3,514,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,514,784 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 3,514,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 17 26 28 32 34 52 56 68 71 91 104 112 119 136 142 182 208 221 224 238 272 284 364 416 442 476 497 544 568 728 884 923 952 994 1,136 1,207 1,456 1,547 1,768 1,846 1,904 1,988 2,272 2,414 2,912 3,094 3,536 3,692 3,808 3,976 4,828 6,188 6,461 7,072 7,384 7,952 8,449 9,656 12,376 12,922 14,768 15,691 15,904 16,898 19,312 24,752 25,844 29,536 31,382 33,796 38,624 49,504 51,688 62,764 67,592 103,376 109,837 125,528 135,184 206,752 219,674 251,056 270,368 439,348 502,112 878,696 1,757,392 and 3,514,784, with no remainder.

Since 3,514,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,514,784, 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).