Q: Is 3,340,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,340,428 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 3,340,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 23 26 28 38 39 42 46 49 52 57 69 76 78 84 91 92 98 114 133 138 147 156 161 182 196 228 247 266 273 276 294 299 322 364 399 437 483 494 532 546 588 598 637 644 741 798 874 897 931 966 988 1,092 1,127 1,196 1,274 1,311 1,482 1,596 1,729 1,748 1,794 1,862 1,911 1,932 2,093 2,254 2,548 2,622 2,793 2,964 3,059 3,381 3,458 3,588 3,724 3,822 4,186 4,508 5,187 5,244 5,586 5,681 6,118 6,279 6,762 6,916 7,644 8,372 9,177 10,374 11,172 11,362 12,103 12,236 12,558 13,524 14,651 17,043 18,354 20,748 21,413 22,724 24,206 25,116 29,302 34,086 36,309 36,708 39,767 42,826 43,953 48,412 58,604 64,239 68,172 72,618 79,534 85,652 87,906 119,301 128,478 145,236 159,068 175,812 238,602 256,956 278,369 477,204 556,738 835,107 1,113,476 1,670,214 and 3,340,428, with no remainder.

Since 3,340,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,340,428, 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).