Q: Is 3,378,078 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,378,078 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 3,378,078 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 47 54 66 94 99 121 141 198 242 282 297 363 423 517 594 726 846 1,034 1,089 1,269 1,331 1,551 2,178 2,538 2,662 3,102 3,267 3,993 4,653 5,687 6,534 7,986 9,306 11,374 11,979 13,959 17,061 23,958 27,918 34,122 35,937 51,183 62,557 71,874 102,366 125,114 153,549 187,671 307,098 375,342 563,013 1,126,026 1,689,039 and 3,378,078, with no remainder.

Since 3,378,078 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,378,078, 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).