Q: Is 3,048,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,048,864 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 3,048,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 349 364 416 546 624 672 698 728 1,047 1,092 1,248 1,396 1,456 2,094 2,184 2,443 2,792 2,912 4,188 4,368 4,537 4,886 5,584 7,329 8,376 8,736 9,074 9,772 11,168 13,611 14,658 16,752 18,148 19,544 27,222 29,316 31,759 33,504 36,296 39,088 54,444 58,632 63,518 72,592 78,176 95,277 108,888 117,264 127,036 145,184 190,554 217,776 234,528 254,072 381,108 435,552 508,144 762,216 1,016,288 1,524,432 and 3,048,864, with no remainder.

Since 3,048,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,048,864, 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).