Q: Is 3,078,972 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,078,972 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 3,078,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 27 34 36 39 43 51 52 54 68 78 81 86 102 108 117 129 153 156 162 172 204 221 234 258 306 324 351 387 442 459 468 516 559 612 663 702 731 774 884 918 1,053 1,118 1,161 1,326 1,377 1,404 1,462 1,548 1,677 1,836 1,989 2,106 2,193 2,236 2,322 2,652 2,754 2,924 3,354 3,483 3,978 4,212 4,386 4,644 5,031 5,508 5,967 6,579 6,708 6,966 7,956 8,772 9,503 10,062 11,934 13,158 13,932 15,093 17,901 19,006 19,737 20,124 23,868 26,316 28,509 30,186 35,802 38,012 39,474 45,279 57,018 59,211 60,372 71,604 78,948 85,527 90,558 114,036 118,422 171,054 181,116 236,844 256,581 342,108 513,162 769,743 1,026,324 1,539,486 and 3,078,972, with no remainder.

Since 3,078,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,078,972, 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).