Q: Is 3,341,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,341,544 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 3,341,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 53 71 74 106 111 142 148 159 212 213 222 284 296 318 424 426 444 568 636 852 888 1,272 1,704 1,961 2,627 3,763 3,922 5,254 5,883 7,526 7,844 7,881 10,508 11,289 11,766 15,052 15,688 15,762 21,016 22,578 23,532 30,104 31,524 45,156 47,064 63,048 90,312 139,231 278,462 417,693 556,924 835,386 1,113,848 1,670,772 and 3,341,544, with no remainder.

Since 3,341,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,341,544, 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).