Q: Is 3,043,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,043,488 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 3,043,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 84 96 98 112 147 168 196 224 294 336 392 588 647 672 784 1,176 1,294 1,568 1,941 2,352 2,588 3,882 4,529 4,704 5,176 7,764 9,058 10,352 13,587 15,528 18,116 20,704 27,174 31,056 31,703 36,232 54,348 62,112 63,406 72,464 95,109 108,696 126,812 144,928 190,218 217,392 253,624 380,436 434,784 507,248 760,872 1,014,496 1,521,744 and 3,043,488, with no remainder.

Since 3,043,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,043,488, 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).