Q: Is 3,018,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,018,708 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 3,018,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 81 84 99 108 121 126 132 154 162 189 198 231 242 252 297 308 324 363 378 396 462 484 567 594 693 726 756 847 891 924 1,089 1,134 1,188 1,331 1,386 1,452 1,694 1,782 2,079 2,178 2,268 2,541 2,662 2,772 3,267 3,388 3,564 3,993 4,158 4,356 5,082 5,324 6,237 6,534 7,623 7,986 8,316 9,317 9,801 10,164 11,979 12,474 13,068 15,246 15,972 18,634 19,602 22,869 23,958 24,948 27,951 30,492 35,937 37,268 39,204 45,738 47,916 55,902 68,607 71,874 83,853 91,476 107,811 111,804 137,214 143,748 167,706 215,622 251,559 274,428 335,412 431,244 503,118 754,677 1,006,236 1,509,354 and 3,018,708, with no remainder.

Since 3,018,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,018,708, 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).