Q: Is 3,029,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,029,572 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 3,029,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 26 28 29 41 49 52 58 82 91 98 116 164 182 196 203 287 364 377 406 533 574 637 754 812 1,066 1,148 1,189 1,274 1,421 1,508 2,009 2,132 2,378 2,548 2,639 2,842 3,731 4,018 4,756 5,278 5,684 7,462 8,036 8,323 10,556 14,924 15,457 16,646 18,473 26,117 30,914 33,292 36,946 52,234 58,261 61,828 73,892 104,468 108,199 116,522 216,398 233,044 432,796 757,393 1,514,786 and 3,029,572, with no remainder.

Since 3,029,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,029,572, 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).