Q: Is 3,108,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,108,768 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 3,108,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 47 48 52 53 78 94 96 104 106 141 156 159 188 208 212 282 312 318 376 416 424 564 611 624 636 689 752 848 1,128 1,222 1,248 1,272 1,378 1,504 1,696 1,833 2,067 2,256 2,444 2,491 2,544 2,756 3,666 4,134 4,512 4,888 4,982 5,088 5,512 7,332 7,473 8,268 9,776 9,964 11,024 14,664 14,946 16,536 19,552 19,928 22,048 29,328 29,892 32,383 33,072 39,856 58,656 59,784 64,766 66,144 79,712 97,149 119,568 129,532 194,298 239,136 259,064 388,596 518,128 777,192 1,036,256 1,554,384 and 3,108,768, with no remainder.

Since 3,108,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,108,768, 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).