Q: Is 3,106,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,106,488 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 3,106,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 41 42 44 56 66 77 82 84 88 123 132 154 164 168 231 246 264 287 308 328 451 462 492 574 616 861 902 924 984 1,148 1,353 1,681 1,722 1,804 1,848 2,296 2,706 3,157 3,362 3,444 3,608 5,043 5,412 6,314 6,724 6,888 9,471 10,086 10,824 11,767 12,628 13,448 18,491 18,942 20,172 23,534 25,256 35,301 36,982 37,884 40,344 47,068 55,473 70,602 73,964 75,768 94,136 110,946 129,437 141,204 147,928 221,892 258,874 282,408 388,311 443,784 517,748 776,622 1,035,496 1,553,244 and 3,106,488, with no remainder.

Since 3,106,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,106,488, 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).