Q: Is 3,120,894 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,120,894 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 3,120,894 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 31 34 42 47 51 62 63 93 94 102 119 126 141 153 186 217 238 279 282 306 329 357 423 434 527 558 651 658 714 799 846 987 1,054 1,071 1,302 1,457 1,581 1,598 1,953 1,974 2,142 2,397 2,914 2,961 3,162 3,689 3,906 4,371 4,743 4,794 5,593 5,922 7,191 7,378 8,742 9,486 10,199 11,067 11,186 13,113 14,382 16,779 20,398 22,134 24,769 26,226 30,597 33,201 33,558 49,538 50,337 61,194 66,402 74,307 91,791 100,674 148,614 173,383 183,582 222,921 346,766 445,842 520,149 1,040,298 1,560,447 and 3,120,894, with no remainder.

Since 3,120,894 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,120,894, 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).