Q: Is 3,058,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,058,224 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 3,058,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 169 174 208 232 312 338 348 377 464 507 624 676 696 754 1,014 1,131 1,352 1,392 1,508 2,028 2,197 2,262 2,704 3,016 4,056 4,394 4,524 4,901 6,032 6,591 8,112 8,788 9,048 9,802 13,182 14,703 17,576 18,096 19,604 26,364 29,406 35,152 39,208 52,728 58,812 63,713 78,416 105,456 117,624 127,426 191,139 235,248 254,852 382,278 509,704 764,556 1,019,408 1,529,112 and 3,058,224, with no remainder.

Since 3,058,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,058,224, 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).