Q: Is 3,393,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,393,936 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 3,393,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 36 37 39 42 48 49 52 56 63 72 74 78 84 91 98 104 111 112 117 126 144 147 148 156 168 182 196 208 222 234 252 259 273 294 296 312 333 336 364 392 441 444 468 481 504 518 546 588 592 624 637 666 728 777 784 819 882 888 936 962 1,008 1,036 1,092 1,176 1,274 1,332 1,443 1,456 1,554 1,638 1,764 1,776 1,813 1,872 1,911 1,924 2,072 2,184 2,331 2,352 2,548 2,664 2,886 3,108 3,276 3,367 3,528 3,626 3,822 3,848 4,144 4,329 4,368 4,662 5,096 5,328 5,439 5,733 5,772 6,216 6,552 6,734 7,056 7,252 7,644 7,696 8,658 9,324 10,101 10,192 10,878 11,466 11,544 12,432 13,104 13,468 14,504 15,288 16,317 17,316 18,648 20,202 21,756 22,932 23,088 23,569 26,936 29,008 30,303 30,576 32,634 34,632 37,296 40,404 43,512 45,864 47,138 53,872 60,606 65,268 69,264 70,707 80,808 87,024 91,728 94,276 121,212 130,536 141,414 161,616 188,552 212,121 242,424 261,072 282,828 377,104 424,242 484,848 565,656 848,484 1,131,312 1,696,968 and 3,393,936, with no remainder.

Since 3,393,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,393,936, 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).