Q: Is 3,343,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,343,704 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 3,343,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 78 84 91 104 156 168 182 273 312 364 546 728 1,092 1,531 2,184 3,062 4,593 6,124 9,186 10,717 12,248 18,372 19,903 21,434 32,151 36,744 39,806 42,868 59,709 64,302 79,612 85,736 119,418 128,604 139,321 159,224 238,836 257,208 278,642 417,963 477,672 557,284 835,926 1,114,568 1,671,852 and 3,343,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,343,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,343,704, 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).