Q: Is 3,106,026 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,106,026 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 3,106,026 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 81 83 99 126 154 162 166 189 198 231 243 249 297 378 462 486 498 567 581 594 693 747 891 913 1,134 1,162 1,386 1,494 1,701 1,743 1,782 1,826 2,079 2,241 2,673 2,739 3,402 3,486 4,158 4,482 5,229 5,346 5,478 6,237 6,391 6,723 8,217 10,458 12,474 12,782 13,446 15,687 16,434 18,711 19,173 20,169 24,651 31,374 37,422 38,346 40,338 47,061 49,302 57,519 73,953 94,122 115,038 141,183 147,906 172,557 221,859 282,366 345,114 443,718 517,671 1,035,342 1,553,013 and 3,106,026, with no remainder.

Since 3,106,026 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,106,026, 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).