Q: Is 3,386,934 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,386,934 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 3,386,934 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 81 101 138 162 202 207 243 303 414 486 606 621 729 909 1,242 1,458 1,818 1,863 2,323 2,727 3,726 4,646 5,454 5,589 6,969 8,181 11,178 13,938 16,362 16,767 20,907 24,543 33,534 41,814 49,086 62,721 73,629 125,442 147,258 188,163 376,326 564,489 1,128,978 1,693,467 and 3,386,934, with no remainder.

Since 3,386,934 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,386,934, 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).