Q: Is 3,338,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,338,820 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 3,338,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 81 90 108 135 162 180 229 243 270 324 405 458 486 540 687 729 810 916 972 1,145 1,215 1,374 1,458 1,620 2,061 2,290 2,430 2,748 2,916 3,435 3,645 4,122 4,580 4,860 6,183 6,870 7,290 8,244 10,305 12,366 13,740 14,580 18,549 20,610 24,732 30,915 37,098 41,220 55,647 61,830 74,196 92,745 111,294 123,660 166,941 185,490 222,588 278,235 333,882 370,980 556,470 667,764 834,705 1,112,940 1,669,410 and 3,338,820, with no remainder.

Since 3,338,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,338,820, 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).