Q: Is 3,402,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,402,330 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 3,402,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 47 57 94 95 114 127 141 190 235 254 282 285 381 470 570 635 705 762 893 1,270 1,410 1,786 1,905 2,413 2,679 3,810 4,465 4,826 5,358 5,969 7,239 8,930 11,938 12,065 13,395 14,478 17,907 24,130 26,790 29,845 35,814 36,195 59,690 72,390 89,535 113,411 179,070 226,822 340,233 567,055 680,466 1,134,110 1,701,165 and 3,402,330, with no remainder.

Since 3,402,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,402,330, 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).