Q: Is 3,341,988 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,341,988 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 3,341,988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 37 39 52 74 78 111 117 148 156 193 222 234 333 386 444 468 481 579 666 772 962 1,158 1,332 1,443 1,737 1,924 2,316 2,509 2,886 3,474 4,329 5,018 5,772 6,948 7,141 7,527 8,658 10,036 14,282 15,054 17,316 21,423 22,581 28,564 30,108 42,846 45,162 64,269 85,692 90,324 92,833 128,538 185,666 257,076 278,499 371,332 556,998 835,497 1,113,996 1,670,994 and 3,341,988, with no remainder.

Since 3,341,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,341,988, 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).