Q: Is 3,168,774 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,168,774 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 3,168,774 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 83 101 126 166 189 202 249 303 378 498 581 606 707 747 909 1,162 1,414 1,494 1,743 1,818 2,121 2,241 2,727 3,486 4,242 4,482 5,229 5,454 6,363 8,383 10,458 12,726 15,687 16,766 19,089 25,149 31,374 38,178 50,298 58,681 75,447 117,362 150,894 176,043 226,341 352,086 452,682 528,129 1,056,258 1,584,387 and 3,168,774, with no remainder.

Since 3,168,774 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,168,774, 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).