Q: Is 3,391,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,391,848 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 3,391,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 41 54 72 82 108 123 164 216 246 328 369 383 492 738 766 984 1,107 1,149 1,476 1,532 2,214 2,298 2,952 3,064 3,447 4,428 4,596 6,894 8,856 9,192 10,341 13,788 15,703 20,682 27,576 31,406 41,364 47,109 62,812 82,728 94,218 125,624 141,327 188,436 282,654 376,872 423,981 565,308 847,962 1,130,616 1,695,924 and 3,391,848, with no remainder.

Since 3,391,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,391,848, 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).