Q: Is 3,106,836 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,106,836 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 3,106,836 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 43 54 81 86 108 129 162 172 223 258 324 387 446 516 669 774 892 1,161 1,338 1,548 2,007 2,322 2,676 3,483 4,014 4,644 6,021 6,966 8,028 9,589 12,042 13,932 18,063 19,178 24,084 28,767 36,126 38,356 57,534 72,252 86,301 115,068 172,602 258,903 345,204 517,806 776,709 1,035,612 1,553,418 and 3,106,836, with no remainder.

Since 3,106,836 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,106,836, 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).