Q: Is 3,043,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,043,008 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 3,043,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 288 324 432 576 587 648 864 1,174 1,296 1,728 1,761 2,348 2,592 3,522 4,696 5,184 5,283 7,044 9,392 10,566 14,088 15,849 18,784 21,132 28,176 31,698 37,568 42,264 47,547 56,352 63,396 84,528 95,094 112,704 126,792 169,056 190,188 253,584 338,112 380,376 507,168 760,752 1,014,336 1,521,504 and 3,043,008, with no remainder.

Since 3,043,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,043,008, 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).