Q: Is 3,004,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,004,848 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 3,004,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 112 126 132 144 154 168 176 198 231 252 264 271 308 336 396 462 504 528 542 616 693 792 813 924 1,008 1,084 1,232 1,386 1,584 1,626 1,848 1,897 2,168 2,439 2,772 2,981 3,252 3,696 3,794 4,336 4,878 5,544 5,691 5,962 6,504 7,588 8,943 9,756 11,088 11,382 11,924 13,008 15,176 17,073 17,886 19,512 20,867 22,764 23,848 26,829 30,352 34,146 35,772 39,024 41,734 45,528 47,696 53,658 62,601 68,292 71,544 83,468 91,056 107,316 125,202 136,584 143,088 166,936 187,803 214,632 250,404 273,168 333,872 375,606 429,264 500,808 751,212 1,001,616 1,502,424 and 3,004,848, with no remainder.

Since 3,004,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,004,848, 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).