Q: Is 3,344,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,344,304 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 3,344,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 114 152 193 228 304 361 386 456 579 722 772 912 1,083 1,158 1,444 1,544 2,166 2,316 2,888 3,088 3,667 4,332 4,632 5,776 7,334 8,664 9,264 11,001 14,668 17,328 22,002 29,336 44,004 58,672 69,673 88,008 139,346 176,016 209,019 278,692 418,038 557,384 836,076 1,114,768 1,672,152 and 3,344,304, with no remainder.

Since 3,344,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,344,304, 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).