Q: Is 3,220,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,220,308 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 3,220,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 78 84 91 117 126 156 182 234 252 273 364 468 546 819 983 1,092 1,638 1,966 2,949 3,276 3,932 5,898 6,881 8,847 11,796 12,779 13,762 17,694 20,643 25,558 27,524 35,388 38,337 41,286 51,116 61,929 76,674 82,572 89,453 115,011 123,858 153,348 178,906 230,022 247,716 268,359 357,812 460,044 536,718 805,077 1,073,436 1,610,154 and 3,220,308, with no remainder.

Since 3,220,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,220,308, 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).