Q: Is 3,331,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,331,368 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 3,331,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 53 54 72 81 97 106 108 159 162 194 212 216 291 318 324 388 424 477 582 636 648 776 873 954 1,164 1,272 1,431 1,746 1,908 2,328 2,619 2,862 3,492 3,816 4,293 5,141 5,238 5,724 6,984 7,857 8,586 10,282 10,476 11,448 15,423 15,714 17,172 20,564 20,952 30,846 31,428 34,344 41,128 46,269 61,692 62,856 92,538 123,384 138,807 185,076 277,614 370,152 416,421 555,228 832,842 1,110,456 1,665,684 and 3,331,368, with no remainder.

Since 3,331,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,331,368, 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).