Q: Is 2,943,798 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,943,798 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 2,943,798 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 39 47 66 73 78 94 141 143 146 219 282 286 429 438 517 611 803 858 949 1,034 1,222 1,551 1,606 1,833 1,898 2,409 2,847 3,102 3,431 3,666 4,818 5,694 6,721 6,862 10,293 10,439 13,442 20,163 20,586 20,878 31,317 37,741 40,326 44,603 62,634 75,482 89,206 113,223 133,809 226,446 267,618 490,633 981,266 1,471,899 and 2,943,798, with no remainder.

Since 2,943,798 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,943,798, 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).