Q: Is 3,361,722 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,361,722 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 3,361,722 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 47 78 91 94 131 141 182 262 273 282 329 393 546 611 658 786 917 987 1,222 1,703 1,833 1,834 1,974 2,751 3,406 3,666 4,277 5,109 5,502 6,157 8,554 10,218 11,921 12,314 12,831 18,471 23,842 25,662 35,763 36,942 43,099 71,526 80,041 86,198 129,297 160,082 240,123 258,594 480,246 560,287 1,120,574 1,680,861 and 3,361,722, with no remainder.

Since 3,361,722 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,361,722, 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).