Q: Is 3,042,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,042,336 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 3,042,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 43 44 48 66 67 86 88 96 129 132 134 172 176 201 258 264 268 344 352 402 473 516 528 536 688 737 804 946 1,032 1,056 1,072 1,376 1,419 1,474 1,608 1,892 2,064 2,144 2,211 2,838 2,881 2,948 3,216 3,784 4,128 4,422 5,676 5,762 5,896 6,432 7,568 8,643 8,844 11,352 11,524 11,792 15,136 17,286 17,688 22,704 23,048 23,584 31,691 34,572 35,376 45,408 46,096 63,382 69,144 70,752 92,192 95,073 126,764 138,288 190,146 253,528 276,576 380,292 507,056 760,584 1,014,112 1,521,168 and 3,042,336, with no remainder.

Since 3,042,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,042,336, 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).