Q: Is 3,337,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,337,992 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 3,337,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 56 63 72 74 84 111 126 148 168 179 222 252 259 296 333 358 444 504 518 537 666 716 777 888 1,036 1,074 1,253 1,332 1,432 1,554 1,611 2,072 2,148 2,331 2,506 2,664 3,108 3,222 3,759 4,296 4,662 5,012 6,216 6,444 6,623 7,518 9,324 10,024 11,277 12,888 13,246 15,036 18,648 19,869 22,554 26,492 30,072 39,738 45,108 46,361 52,984 59,607 79,476 90,216 92,722 119,214 139,083 158,952 185,444 238,428 278,166 370,888 417,249 476,856 556,332 834,498 1,112,664 1,668,996 and 3,337,992, with no remainder.

Since 3,337,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,337,992, 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).