Q: Is 3,402,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,402,312 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 3,402,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 31 34 51 62 68 93 102 124 136 186 204 248 269 372 408 527 538 744 807 1,054 1,076 1,581 1,614 2,108 2,152 3,162 3,228 4,216 4,573 6,324 6,456 8,339 9,146 12,648 13,719 16,678 18,292 25,017 27,438 33,356 36,584 50,034 54,876 66,712 100,068 109,752 141,763 200,136 283,526 425,289 567,052 850,578 1,134,104 1,701,156 and 3,402,312, with no remainder.

Since 3,402,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,402,312, 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).