Q: Is 3,440,868 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,440,868 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 3,440,868 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 34 51 68 101 102 167 202 204 303 334 404 501 606 668 1,002 1,212 1,717 2,004 2,839 3,434 5,151 5,678 6,868 8,517 10,302 11,356 16,867 17,034 20,604 33,734 34,068 50,601 67,468 101,202 202,404 286,739 573,478 860,217 1,146,956 1,720,434 and 3,440,868, with no remainder.

Since 3,440,868 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,440,868, 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).