Q: Is 3,043,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,043,544 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 3,043,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 23 28 34 46 56 68 92 119 136 139 161 184 238 278 322 391 476 556 644 782 952 973 1,112 1,288 1,564 1,946 2,363 2,737 3,128 3,197 3,892 4,726 5,474 6,394 7,784 9,452 10,948 12,788 16,541 18,904 21,896 22,379 25,576 33,082 44,758 54,349 66,164 89,516 108,698 132,328 179,032 217,396 380,443 434,792 760,886 1,521,772 and 3,043,544, with no remainder.

Since 3,043,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,043,544, 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).