Q: Is 3,126,222 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,126,222 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 3,126,222 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 19 22 27 33 38 54 57 66 99 114 171 198 209 277 297 342 418 513 554 594 627 831 1,026 1,254 1,662 1,881 2,493 3,047 3,762 4,986 5,263 5,643 6,094 7,479 9,141 10,526 11,286 14,958 15,789 18,282 27,423 31,578 47,367 54,846 57,893 82,269 94,734 115,786 142,101 164,538 173,679 284,202 347,358 521,037 1,042,074 1,563,111 and 3,126,222, with no remainder.

Since 3,126,222 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,126,222, 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).