Q: Is 3,343,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,343,230 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 3,343,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 30 33 45 55 66 90 99 110 121 165 198 242 307 330 363 495 605 614 726 921 990 1,089 1,210 1,535 1,815 1,842 2,178 2,763 3,070 3,377 3,630 4,605 5,445 5,526 6,754 9,210 10,131 10,890 13,815 16,885 20,262 27,630 30,393 33,770 37,147 50,655 60,786 74,294 101,310 111,441 151,965 185,735 222,882 303,930 334,323 371,470 557,205 668,646 1,114,410 1,671,615 and 3,343,230, with no remainder.

Since 3,343,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,343,230, 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).