Q: Is 3,381,294 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,381,294 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 3,381,294 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 31 42 49 53 62 93 98 106 147 159 186 217 294 318 343 371 434 651 686 742 1,029 1,113 1,302 1,519 1,643 2,058 2,226 2,597 3,038 3,286 4,557 4,929 5,194 7,791 9,114 9,858 10,633 11,501 15,582 18,179 21,266 23,002 31,899 34,503 36,358 54,537 63,798 69,006 80,507 109,074 161,014 241,521 483,042 563,549 1,127,098 1,690,647 and 3,381,294, with no remainder.

Since 3,381,294 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,381,294, 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).