Q: Is 3,112,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,112,340 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 3,112,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 43 44 47 55 70 77 86 94 110 140 154 172 188 215 220 235 301 308 329 385 430 470 473 517 602 658 770 860 940 946 1,034 1,204 1,316 1,505 1,540 1,645 1,892 2,021 2,068 2,365 2,585 3,010 3,290 3,311 3,619 4,042 4,730 5,170 6,020 6,580 6,622 7,238 8,084 9,460 10,105 10,340 13,244 14,147 14,476 16,555 18,095 20,210 22,231 28,294 33,110 36,190 40,420 44,462 56,588 66,220 70,735 72,380 88,924 111,155 141,470 155,617 222,310 282,940 311,234 444,620 622,468 778,085 1,556,170 and 3,112,340, with no remainder.

Since 3,112,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,112,340, 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).