Q: Is 3,344,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,344,616 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 3,344,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 41 44 66 72 82 88 99 103 123 132 164 198 206 246 264 309 328 369 396 412 451 492 618 738 792 824 902 927 984 1,133 1,236 1,353 1,476 1,804 1,854 2,266 2,472 2,706 2,952 3,399 3,608 3,708 4,059 4,223 4,532 5,412 6,798 7,416 8,118 8,446 9,064 10,197 10,824 12,669 13,596 16,236 16,892 20,394 25,338 27,192 32,472 33,784 38,007 40,788 46,453 50,676 76,014 81,576 92,906 101,352 139,359 152,028 185,812 278,718 304,056 371,624 418,077 557,436 836,154 1,114,872 1,672,308 and 3,344,616, with no remainder.

Since 3,344,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,344,616, 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).