Q: Is 3,118,356 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,118,356 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 3,118,356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 47 57 76 94 97 114 141 171 188 194 228 282 291 342 388 423 564 582 684 846 873 893 1,164 1,692 1,746 1,786 1,843 2,679 3,492 3,572 3,686 4,559 5,358 5,529 7,372 8,037 9,118 10,716 11,058 13,677 16,074 16,587 18,236 22,116 27,354 32,148 33,174 41,031 54,708 66,348 82,062 86,621 164,124 173,242 259,863 346,484 519,726 779,589 1,039,452 1,559,178 and 3,118,356, with no remainder.

Since 3,118,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,118,356, 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).