Q: Is 3,446,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,446,820 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 3,446,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 26 27 30 36 39 45 52 54 60 65 78 90 108 117 130 135 156 180 195 234 260 270 351 390 468 491 540 585 702 780 982 1,170 1,404 1,473 1,755 1,964 2,340 2,455 2,946 3,510 4,419 4,910 5,892 6,383 7,020 7,365 8,838 9,820 12,766 13,257 14,730 17,676 19,149 22,095 25,532 26,514 29,460 31,915 38,298 44,190 53,028 57,447 63,830 66,285 76,596 88,380 95,745 114,894 127,660 132,570 172,341 191,490 229,788 265,140 287,235 344,682 382,980 574,470 689,364 861,705 1,148,940 1,723,410 and 3,446,820, with no remainder.

Since 3,446,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,446,820, 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).