Q: Is 3,104,046 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,104,046 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 3,104,046 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 61 66 99 122 183 198 257 366 514 549 671 771 1,098 1,342 1,542 2,013 2,313 2,827 4,026 4,626 5,654 6,039 8,481 12,078 15,677 16,962 25,443 31,354 47,031 50,886 94,062 141,093 172,447 282,186 344,894 517,341 1,034,682 1,552,023 and 3,104,046, with no remainder.

Since 3,104,046 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,104,046, 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).