Q: Is 3,454,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,454,308 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 3,454,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 61 66 78 99 117 121 122 132 143 156 183 198 234 242 244 286 363 366 396 429 468 484 549 572 671 726 732 793 858 1,089 1,098 1,287 1,342 1,452 1,573 1,586 1,716 2,013 2,178 2,196 2,379 2,574 2,684 3,146 3,172 4,026 4,356 4,719 4,758 5,148 6,039 6,292 7,137 7,381 8,052 8,723 9,438 9,516 12,078 14,157 14,274 14,762 17,446 18,876 22,143 24,156 26,169 28,314 28,548 29,524 34,892 44,286 52,338 56,628 66,429 78,507 88,572 95,953 104,676 132,858 157,014 191,906 265,716 287,859 314,028 383,812 575,718 863,577 1,151,436 1,727,154 and 3,454,308, with no remainder.

Since 3,454,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,454,308, 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).