Q: Is 3,318,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,318,012 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 3,318,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 37 47 53 74 94 106 111 141 148 159 188 212 222 282 318 333 423 444 477 564 636 666 846 954 1,332 1,692 1,739 1,908 1,961 2,491 3,478 3,922 4,982 5,217 5,883 6,956 7,473 7,844 9,964 10,434 11,766 14,946 15,651 17,649 20,868 22,419 23,532 29,892 31,302 35,298 44,838 62,604 70,596 89,676 92,167 184,334 276,501 368,668 553,002 829,503 1,106,004 1,659,006 and 3,318,012, with no remainder.

Since 3,318,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,318,012, 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).