Q: Is 3,390,618 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,390,618 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 3,390,618 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 41 42 66 77 82 123 154 179 231 246 287 358 451 462 537 574 861 902 1,074 1,253 1,353 1,722 1,969 2,506 2,706 3,157 3,759 3,938 5,907 6,314 7,339 7,518 9,471 11,814 13,783 14,678 18,942 22,017 27,566 41,349 44,034 51,373 80,729 82,698 102,746 154,119 161,458 242,187 308,238 484,374 565,103 1,130,206 1,695,309 and 3,390,618, with no remainder.

Since 3,390,618 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,390,618, 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).