Q: Is 3,023,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,023,748 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 3,023,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 71 78 84 91 117 126 142 156 169 182 213 234 252 273 284 338 364 426 468 497 507 546 639 676 819 852 923 994 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,278 1,491 1,521 1,638 1,846 1,988 2,028 2,366 2,556 2,769 2,982 3,042 3,276 3,549 3,692 4,473 4,732 5,538 5,964 6,084 6,461 7,098 8,307 8,946 10,647 11,076 11,999 12,922 14,196 16,614 17,892 19,383 21,294 23,998 25,844 33,228 35,997 38,766 42,588 47,996 58,149 71,994 77,532 83,993 107,991 116,298 143,988 167,986 215,982 232,596 251,979 335,972 431,964 503,958 755,937 1,007,916 1,511,874 and 3,023,748, with no remainder.

Since 3,023,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,023,748, 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).