Q: Is 3,001,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,001,572 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 3,001,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 43 63 84 86 126 129 172 252 258 277 301 387 516 554 602 774 831 903 1,108 1,204 1,548 1,662 1,806 1,939 2,493 2,709 3,324 3,612 3,878 4,986 5,418 5,817 7,756 9,972 10,836 11,634 11,911 17,451 23,268 23,822 34,902 35,733 47,644 69,804 71,466 83,377 107,199 142,932 166,754 214,398 250,131 333,508 428,796 500,262 750,393 1,000,524 1,500,786 and 3,001,572, with no remainder.

Since 3,001,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,001,572, 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).