Q: Is 3,130,218 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,130,218 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 3,130,218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 49 54 63 78 91 98 117 126 147 169 182 189 234 273 294 338 343 351 378 441 507 546 637 686 702 819 882 1,014 1,029 1,183 1,274 1,323 1,521 1,638 1,911 2,058 2,366 2,457 2,646 3,042 3,087 3,549 3,822 4,459 4,563 4,914 5,733 6,174 7,098 8,281 8,918 9,126 9,261 10,647 11,466 13,377 16,562 17,199 18,522 21,294 24,843 26,754 31,941 34,398 40,131 49,686 57,967 63,882 74,529 80,262 115,934 120,393 149,058 173,901 223,587 240,786 347,802 447,174 521,703 1,043,406 1,565,109 and 3,130,218, with no remainder.

Since 3,130,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,130,218, 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).