Q: Is 3,057,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,057,824 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 3,057,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 32 34 44 56 68 73 77 88 112 119 136 146 154 176 187 224 238 272 292 308 352 374 476 511 544 584 616 748 803 952 1,022 1,168 1,232 1,241 1,309 1,496 1,606 1,904 2,044 2,336 2,464 2,482 2,618 2,992 3,212 3,808 4,088 4,964 5,236 5,621 5,984 6,424 8,176 8,687 9,928 10,472 11,242 12,848 13,651 16,352 17,374 19,856 20,944 22,484 25,696 27,302 34,748 39,712 41,888 44,968 54,604 69,496 89,936 95,557 109,208 138,992 179,872 191,114 218,416 277,984 382,228 436,832 764,456 1,528,912 and 3,057,824, with no remainder.

Since 3,057,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,057,824, 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).