Q: Is 3,316,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,316,236 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 3,316,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 37 42 44 66 74 77 84 97 111 132 148 154 194 222 231 259 291 308 388 407 444 462 518 582 679 777 814 924 1,036 1,067 1,164 1,221 1,358 1,554 1,628 2,037 2,134 2,442 2,716 2,849 3,108 3,201 3,589 4,074 4,268 4,884 5,698 6,402 7,178 7,469 8,148 8,547 10,767 11,396 12,804 14,356 14,938 17,094 21,534 22,407 25,123 29,876 34,188 39,479 43,068 44,814 50,246 75,369 78,958 89,628 100,492 118,437 150,738 157,916 236,874 276,353 301,476 473,748 552,706 829,059 1,105,412 1,658,118 and 3,316,236, with no remainder.

Since 3,316,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,316,236, 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).