Q: Is 3,043,062 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,043,062 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 3,043,062 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 47 54 66 94 99 109 141 198 218 282 297 327 423 517 594 654 846 981 1,034 1,199 1,269 1,551 1,962 2,398 2,538 2,943 3,102 3,597 4,653 5,123 5,886 7,194 9,306 10,246 10,791 13,959 15,369 21,582 27,918 30,738 32,373 46,107 56,353 64,746 92,214 112,706 138,321 169,059 276,642 338,118 507,177 1,014,354 1,521,531 and 3,043,062, with no remainder.

Since 3,043,062 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,043,062, 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).