Q: Is 3,244,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,244,230 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 3,244,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 29 30 33 45 55 58 66 87 90 99 110 113 145 165 174 198 226 261 290 319 330 339 435 495 522 565 638 678 870 957 990 1,017 1,130 1,243 1,305 1,595 1,695 1,914 2,034 2,486 2,610 2,871 3,190 3,277 3,390 3,729 4,785 5,085 5,742 6,215 6,554 7,458 9,570 9,831 10,170 11,187 12,430 14,355 16,385 18,645 19,662 22,374 28,710 29,493 32,770 36,047 37,290 49,155 55,935 58,986 72,094 98,310 108,141 111,870 147,465 180,235 216,282 294,930 324,423 360,470 540,705 648,846 1,081,410 1,622,115 and 3,244,230, with no remainder.

Since 3,244,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,244,230, 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).