Q: Is 3,104,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,104,352 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 3,104,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 96 108 144 216 288 432 864 3,593 7,186 10,779 14,372 21,558 28,744 32,337 43,116 57,488 64,674 86,232 97,011 114,976 129,348 172,464 194,022 258,696 344,928 388,044 517,392 776,088 1,034,784 1,552,176 and 3,104,352, with no remainder.

Since 3,104,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,104,352, 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).