Q: Is 3,133,404 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,133,404 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 3,133,404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 76 81 108 114 162 171 228 324 342 509 513 684 1,018 1,026 1,527 1,539 2,036 2,052 3,054 3,078 4,581 6,108 6,156 9,162 9,671 13,743 18,324 19,342 27,486 29,013 38,684 41,229 54,972 58,026 82,458 87,039 116,052 164,916 174,078 261,117 348,156 522,234 783,351 1,044,468 1,566,702 and 3,133,404, with no remainder.

Since 3,133,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,133,404, 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).