Q: Is 3,391,674 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,391,674 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 3,391,674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 39 59 66 67 78 118 134 143 177 201 286 354 402 429 649 737 767 858 871 1,298 1,474 1,534 1,742 1,947 2,211 2,301 2,613 3,894 3,953 4,422 4,602 5,226 7,906 8,437 9,581 11,859 16,874 19,162 23,718 25,311 28,743 43,483 50,622 51,389 57,486 86,966 102,778 130,449 154,167 260,898 308,334 565,279 1,130,558 1,695,837 and 3,391,674, with no remainder.

Since 3,391,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,391,674, 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).