Q: Is 3,046,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,046,230 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 3,046,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 17 18 22 30 33 34 45 51 55 66 85 90 99 102 110 153 165 170 181 187 198 255 306 330 362 374 495 510 543 561 765 905 935 990 1,086 1,122 1,530 1,629 1,683 1,810 1,870 1,991 2,715 2,805 3,077 3,258 3,366 3,982 5,430 5,610 5,973 6,154 8,145 8,415 9,231 9,955 11,946 15,385 16,290 16,830 17,919 18,462 19,910 27,693 29,865 30,770 33,847 35,838 46,155 55,386 59,730 67,694 89,595 92,310 101,541 138,465 169,235 179,190 203,082 276,930 304,623 338,470 507,705 609,246 1,015,410 1,523,115 and 3,046,230, with no remainder.

Since 3,046,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,046,230, 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).