Q: Is 3,014,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,014,352 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 3,014,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 121 132 144 173 176 198 242 264 346 363 396 484 519 528 692 726 792 968 1,038 1,089 1,384 1,452 1,557 1,584 1,903 1,936 2,076 2,178 2,768 2,904 3,114 3,806 4,152 4,356 5,709 5,808 6,228 7,612 8,304 8,712 11,418 12,456 15,224 17,127 17,424 20,933 22,836 24,912 30,448 34,254 41,866 45,672 62,799 68,508 83,732 91,344 125,598 137,016 167,464 188,397 251,196 274,032 334,928 376,794 502,392 753,588 1,004,784 1,507,176 and 3,014,352, with no remainder.

Since 3,014,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,014,352, 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).