Q: Is 3,344,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,344,208 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 3,344,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 222 259 269 296 336 444 518 538 592 777 807 888 1,036 1,076 1,554 1,614 1,776 1,883 2,072 2,152 3,108 3,228 3,766 4,144 4,304 5,649 6,216 6,456 7,532 9,953 11,298 12,432 12,912 15,064 19,906 22,596 29,859 30,128 39,812 45,192 59,718 69,671 79,624 90,384 119,436 139,342 159,248 209,013 238,872 278,684 418,026 477,744 557,368 836,052 1,114,736 1,672,104 and 3,344,208, with no remainder.

Since 3,344,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,344,208, 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).