Q: Is 3,104,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,104,172 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 3,104,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 46 69 92 138 163 207 276 326 414 489 529 652 828 978 1,058 1,467 1,587 1,956 2,116 2,934 3,174 3,749 4,761 5,868 6,348 7,498 9,522 11,247 14,996 19,044 22,494 33,741 44,988 67,482 86,227 134,964 172,454 258,681 344,908 517,362 776,043 1,034,724 1,552,086 and 3,104,172, with no remainder.

Since 3,104,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,104,172, 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).