Q: Is 3,110,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,110,796 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 3,110,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 23 26 34 36 39 46 51 52 68 69 78 92 102 117 138 153 156 204 207 221 234 276 289 299 306 391 414 442 468 578 598 612 663 782 828 867 884 897 1,156 1,173 1,196 1,326 1,564 1,734 1,794 1,989 2,346 2,601 2,652 2,691 3,468 3,519 3,588 3,757 3,978 4,692 5,083 5,202 5,382 6,647 7,038 7,514 7,956 10,166 10,404 10,764 11,271 13,294 14,076 15,028 15,249 19,941 20,332 22,542 26,588 30,498 33,813 39,882 45,084 45,747 59,823 60,996 67,626 79,764 86,411 91,494 119,646 135,252 172,822 182,988 239,292 259,233 345,644 518,466 777,699 1,036,932 1,555,398 and 3,110,796, with no remainder.

Since 3,110,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,110,796, 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).