Q: Is 3,073,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,073,032 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 3,073,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 41 54 72 82 108 123 164 216 246 328 347 369 492 694 738 984 1,041 1,107 1,388 1,476 2,082 2,214 2,776 2,952 3,123 4,164 4,428 6,246 8,328 8,856 9,369 12,492 14,227 18,738 24,984 28,454 37,476 42,681 56,908 74,952 85,362 113,816 128,043 170,724 256,086 341,448 384,129 512,172 768,258 1,024,344 1,536,516 and 3,073,032, with no remainder.

Since 3,073,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,073,032, 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).