Q: Is 3,349,548 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,349,548 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 3,349,548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 57 59 76 83 114 118 166 171 177 228 236 249 332 342 354 498 531 684 708 747 996 1,062 1,121 1,494 1,577 2,124 2,242 2,988 3,154 3,363 4,484 4,731 4,897 6,308 6,726 9,462 9,794 10,089 13,452 14,193 14,691 18,924 19,588 20,178 28,386 29,382 40,356 44,073 56,772 58,764 88,146 93,043 176,292 186,086 279,129 372,172 558,258 837,387 1,116,516 1,674,774 and 3,349,548, with no remainder.

Since 3,349,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,349,548, 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).