Q: Is 2,983,806 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,983,806 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 2,983,806 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 34 42 49 51 63 98 102 119 126 147 153 199 238 294 306 357 398 441 597 714 833 882 1,071 1,194 1,393 1,666 1,791 2,142 2,499 2,786 3,383 3,582 4,179 4,998 6,766 7,497 8,358 9,751 10,149 12,537 14,994 19,502 20,298 23,681 25,074 29,253 30,447 47,362 58,506 60,894 71,043 87,759 142,086 165,767 175,518 213,129 331,534 426,258 497,301 994,602 1,491,903 and 2,983,806, with no remainder.

Since 2,983,806 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,983,806, 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).