Q: Is 3,010,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,010,968 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 3,010,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 31 36 38 57 62 71 72 76 93 114 124 142 152 171 186 213 228 248 279 284 342 372 426 456 558 568 589 639 684 744 852 1,116 1,178 1,278 1,349 1,368 1,704 1,767 2,201 2,232 2,356 2,556 2,698 3,534 4,047 4,402 4,712 5,112 5,301 5,396 6,603 7,068 8,094 8,804 10,602 10,792 12,141 13,206 14,136 16,188 17,608 19,809 21,204 24,282 26,412 32,376 39,618 41,819 42,408 48,564 52,824 79,236 83,638 97,128 125,457 158,472 167,276 250,914 334,552 376,371 501,828 752,742 1,003,656 1,505,484 and 3,010,968, with no remainder.

Since 3,010,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,010,968, 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).