Q: Is 3,418,338 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,418,338 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 3,418,338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 49 66 77 98 147 151 154 231 294 302 343 453 462 539 686 906 1,029 1,057 1,078 1,617 1,661 2,058 2,114 3,171 3,234 3,322 3,773 4,983 6,342 7,399 7,546 9,966 11,319 11,627 14,798 22,197 22,638 23,254 34,881 44,394 51,793 69,762 81,389 103,586 155,379 162,778 244,167 310,758 488,334 569,723 1,139,446 1,709,169 and 3,418,338, with no remainder.

Since 3,418,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,418,338, 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).