Q: Is 3,166,956 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,166,956 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 3,166,956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 67 78 101 117 134 156 201 202 234 268 303 402 404 468 603 606 804 871 909 1,206 1,212 1,313 1,742 1,818 2,412 2,613 2,626 3,484 3,636 3,939 5,226 5,252 6,767 7,839 7,878 10,452 11,817 13,534 15,678 15,756 20,301 23,634 27,068 31,356 40,602 47,268 60,903 81,204 87,971 121,806 175,942 243,612 263,913 351,884 527,826 791,739 1,055,652 1,583,478 and 3,166,956, with no remainder.

Since 3,166,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,166,956, 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).