Q: Is 3,420,846 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,420,846 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 3,420,846 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 27 33 39 54 66 78 99 117 143 198 234 286 297 351 429 443 594 702 858 886 1,287 1,329 2,574 2,658 3,861 3,987 4,873 5,759 7,722 7,974 9,746 11,518 11,961 14,619 17,277 23,922 29,238 34,554 43,857 51,831 63,349 87,714 103,662 126,698 131,571 155,493 190,047 263,142 310,986 380,094 570,141 1,140,282 1,710,423 and 3,420,846, with no remainder.

Since 3,420,846 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,420,846, 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).