Q: Is 3,031,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,031,336 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 3,031,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 19 22 28 37 38 44 49 56 74 76 77 88 98 133 148 152 154 196 209 259 266 296 308 392 407 418 518 532 539 616 703 814 836 931 1,036 1,064 1,078 1,406 1,463 1,628 1,672 1,813 1,862 2,072 2,156 2,812 2,849 2,926 3,256 3,626 3,724 4,312 4,921 5,624 5,698 5,852 7,252 7,448 7,733 9,842 10,241 11,396 11,704 14,504 15,466 19,684 19,943 20,482 22,792 30,932 34,447 39,368 39,886 40,964 54,131 61,864 68,894 79,772 81,928 108,262 137,788 159,544 216,524 275,576 378,917 433,048 757,834 1,515,668 and 3,031,336, with no remainder.

Since 3,031,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,031,336, 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).