Q: Is 3,101,364 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,101,364 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 3,101,364 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 31 36 42 62 63 84 93 124 126 186 217 252 279 372 397 434 558 651 794 868 1,116 1,191 1,302 1,588 1,953 2,382 2,604 2,779 3,573 3,906 4,764 5,558 7,146 7,812 8,337 11,116 12,307 14,292 16,674 24,614 25,011 33,348 36,921 49,228 50,022 73,842 86,149 100,044 110,763 147,684 172,298 221,526 258,447 344,596 443,052 516,894 775,341 1,033,788 1,550,682 and 3,101,364, with no remainder.

Since 3,101,364 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,101,364, 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).