Q: Is 3,378,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,378,012 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 3,378,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 132 157 163 314 326 471 489 628 652 942 978 1,727 1,793 1,884 1,956 3,454 3,586 5,181 5,379 6,908 7,172 10,362 10,758 20,724 21,516 25,591 51,182 76,773 102,364 153,546 281,501 307,092 563,002 844,503 1,126,004 1,689,006 and 3,378,012, with no remainder.

Since 3,378,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,378,012, 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).