Q: Is 3,324,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,324,244 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 3,324,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 43 44 77 86 154 172 251 301 308 473 502 602 946 1,004 1,204 1,757 1,892 2,761 3,311 3,514 5,522 6,622 7,028 10,793 11,044 13,244 19,327 21,586 38,654 43,172 75,551 77,308 118,723 151,102 237,446 302,204 474,892 831,061 1,662,122 and 3,324,244, with no remainder.

Since 3,324,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,324,244, 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).