Q: Is 3,006,612 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,006,612 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 3,006,612 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 41 42 54 63 82 84 97 108 123 126 164 189 194 246 252 287 291 369 378 388 492 574 582 679 738 756 861 873 1,107 1,148 1,164 1,358 1,476 1,722 1,746 2,037 2,214 2,583 2,619 2,716 3,444 3,492 3,977 4,074 4,428 5,166 5,238 6,111 7,749 7,954 8,148 10,332 10,476 11,931 12,222 15,498 15,908 18,333 23,862 24,444 27,839 30,996 35,793 36,666 47,724 55,678 71,586 73,332 83,517 107,379 111,356 143,172 167,034 214,758 250,551 334,068 429,516 501,102 751,653 1,002,204 1,503,306 and 3,006,612, with no remainder.

Since 3,006,612 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,006,612, 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).