Q: Is 3,117,114 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,117,114 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 3,117,114 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 13 14 18 21 22 26 33 39 42 63 66 77 78 91 99 117 126 143 154 173 182 198 231 234 273 286 346 429 462 519 546 693 819 858 1,001 1,038 1,211 1,287 1,386 1,557 1,638 1,903 2,002 2,249 2,422 2,574 3,003 3,114 3,633 3,806 4,498 5,709 6,006 6,747 7,266 9,009 10,899 11,418 13,321 13,494 15,743 17,127 18,018 20,241 21,798 24,739 26,642 31,486 34,254 39,963 40,482 47,229 49,478 74,217 79,926 94,458 119,889 141,687 148,434 173,173 222,651 239,778 283,374 346,346 445,302 519,519 1,039,038 1,558,557 and 3,117,114, with no remainder.

Since 3,117,114 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,117,114, 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).