Q: Is 3,412,206 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,412,206 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 3,412,206 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 27 34 42 51 54 59 63 81 102 118 119 126 153 162 177 189 238 243 306 354 357 378 413 459 486 531 567 714 826 918 1,003 1,062 1,071 1,134 1,239 1,377 1,593 1,701 2,006 2,142 2,478 2,754 3,009 3,186 3,213 3,402 3,717 4,131 4,779 6,018 6,426 7,021 7,434 8,262 9,027 9,558 9,639 11,151 14,042 14,337 18,054 19,278 21,063 22,302 27,081 28,674 28,917 33,453 42,126 54,162 57,834 63,189 66,906 81,243 100,359 126,378 162,486 189,567 200,718 243,729 379,134 487,458 568,701 1,137,402 1,706,103 and 3,412,206, with no remainder.

Since 3,412,206 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,412,206, 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).