Q: Is 3,031,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,031,032 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 3,031,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 19 23 24 34 38 46 51 57 68 69 76 92 102 114 136 138 152 184 204 228 276 289 323 391 408 437 456 552 578 646 782 867 874 969 1,156 1,173 1,292 1,311 1,564 1,734 1,748 1,938 2,312 2,346 2,584 2,622 3,128 3,468 3,496 3,876 4,692 5,244 5,491 6,647 6,936 7,429 7,752 9,384 10,488 10,982 13,294 14,858 16,473 19,941 21,964 22,287 26,588 29,716 32,946 39,882 43,928 44,574 53,176 59,432 65,892 79,764 89,148 126,293 131,784 159,528 178,296 252,586 378,879 505,172 757,758 1,010,344 1,515,516 and 3,031,032, with no remainder.

Since 3,031,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,031,032, 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).