Q: Is 3,349,782 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,349,782 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 3,349,782 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 41 51 54 82 89 102 123 153 178 246 267 306 369 459 534 697 738 801 918 1,107 1,394 1,513 1,602 2,091 2,214 2,403 3,026 3,649 4,182 4,539 4,806 6,273 7,298 9,078 10,947 12,546 13,617 18,819 21,894 27,234 32,841 37,638 40,851 62,033 65,682 81,702 98,523 124,066 186,099 197,046 372,198 558,297 1,116,594 1,674,891 and 3,349,782, with no remainder.

Since 3,349,782 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,349,782, 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).