Q: Is 3,070,926 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,070,926 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 3,070,926 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 37 53 54 58 74 87 106 111 159 174 222 261 318 333 477 522 666 783 954 999 1,073 1,431 1,537 1,566 1,961 1,998 2,146 2,862 3,074 3,219 3,922 4,611 5,883 6,438 9,222 9,657 11,766 13,833 17,649 19,314 27,666 28,971 35,298 41,499 52,947 56,869 57,942 82,998 105,894 113,738 170,607 341,214 511,821 1,023,642 1,535,463 and 3,070,926, with no remainder.

Since 3,070,926 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,070,926, 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).