Q: Is 3,089,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,089,592 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 3,089,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 47 66 72 83 88 94 99 132 141 166 188 198 249 264 282 332 376 396 423 498 517 564 664 747 792 846 913 996 1,034 1,128 1,494 1,551 1,692 1,826 1,992 2,068 2,739 2,988 3,102 3,384 3,652 3,901 4,136 4,653 5,478 5,976 6,204 7,304 7,802 8,217 9,306 10,956 11,703 12,408 15,604 16,434 18,612 21,912 23,406 31,208 32,868 35,109 37,224 42,911 46,812 65,736 70,218 85,822 93,624 128,733 140,436 171,644 257,466 280,872 343,288 386,199 514,932 772,398 1,029,864 1,544,796 and 3,089,592, with no remainder.

Since 3,089,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,089,592, 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).