Q: Is 3,460,842 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,460,842 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 3,460,842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 63 66 77 99 121 126 154 198 227 231 242 363 454 462 681 693 726 847 1,089 1,362 1,386 1,589 1,694 2,043 2,178 2,497 2,541 3,178 4,086 4,767 4,994 5,082 7,491 7,623 9,534 14,301 14,982 15,246 17,479 22,473 27,467 28,602 34,958 44,946 52,437 54,934 82,401 104,874 157,311 164,802 192,269 247,203 314,622 384,538 494,406 576,807 1,153,614 1,730,421 and 3,460,842, with no remainder.

Since 3,460,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,460,842, 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).