Q: Is 3,163,374 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,163,374 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 3,163,374 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 81 138 162 207 243 283 414 486 566 621 849 1,242 1,698 1,863 2,547 3,726 5,094 5,589 6,509 7,641 11,178 13,018 15,282 19,527 22,923 39,054 45,846 58,581 68,769 117,162 137,538 175,743 351,486 527,229 1,054,458 1,581,687 and 3,163,374, with no remainder.

Since 3,163,374 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,163,374, 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).