Q: Is 3,018,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,018,312 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 3,018,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 37 44 66 72 74 88 99 103 111 132 148 198 206 222 264 296 309 333 396 407 412 444 618 666 792 814 824 888 927 1,133 1,221 1,236 1,332 1,628 1,854 2,266 2,442 2,472 2,664 3,256 3,399 3,663 3,708 3,811 4,532 4,884 6,798 7,326 7,416 7,622 9,064 9,768 10,197 11,433 13,596 14,652 15,244 20,394 22,866 27,192 29,304 30,488 34,299 40,788 41,921 45,732 68,598 81,576 83,842 91,464 125,763 137,196 167,684 251,526 274,392 335,368 377,289 503,052 754,578 1,006,104 1,509,156 and 3,018,312, with no remainder.

Since 3,018,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,018,312, 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).