Q: Is 3,361,644 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,361,644 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 3,361,644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 396 429 468 572 653 858 1,287 1,306 1,716 1,959 2,574 2,612 3,918 5,148 5,877 7,183 7,836 8,489 11,754 14,366 16,978 21,549 23,508 25,467 28,732 33,956 43,098 50,934 64,647 76,401 86,196 93,379 101,868 129,294 152,802 186,758 258,588 280,137 305,604 373,516 560,274 840,411 1,120,548 1,680,822 and 3,361,644, with no remainder.

Since 3,361,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,361,644, 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).