Q: Is 3,400,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,400,170 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 3,400,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 59 85 102 113 118 170 177 226 255 295 339 354 510 565 590 678 885 1,003 1,130 1,695 1,770 1,921 2,006 3,009 3,390 3,842 5,015 5,763 6,018 6,667 9,605 10,030 11,526 13,334 15,045 19,210 20,001 28,815 30,090 33,335 40,002 57,630 66,670 100,005 113,339 200,010 226,678 340,017 566,695 680,034 1,133,390 1,700,085 and 3,400,170, with no remainder.

Since 3,400,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,400,170, 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).