Q: Is 3,106,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,106,104 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 3,106,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 23 24 34 46 51 68 69 92 102 136 138 184 204 276 331 391 408 552 662 782 993 1,173 1,324 1,564 1,986 2,346 2,648 3,128 3,972 4,692 5,627 7,613 7,944 9,384 11,254 15,226 16,881 22,508 22,839 30,452 33,762 45,016 45,678 60,904 67,524 91,356 129,421 135,048 182,712 258,842 388,263 517,684 776,526 1,035,368 1,553,052 and 3,106,104, with no remainder.

Since 3,106,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,106,104, 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).