Q: Is 3,007,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,007,584 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 3,007,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 59 72 96 108 118 144 177 216 236 288 354 432 472 531 708 864 944 1,062 1,416 1,593 1,888 2,124 2,832 3,186 3,481 4,248 5,664 6,372 6,962 8,496 10,443 12,744 13,924 16,992 20,886 25,488 27,848 31,329 41,772 50,976 55,696 62,658 83,544 93,987 111,392 125,316 167,088 187,974 250,632 334,176 375,948 501,264 751,896 1,002,528 1,503,792 and 3,007,584, with no remainder.

Since 3,007,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,007,584, 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).