Q: Is 3,115,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,115,476 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 3,115,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 84 91 108 117 126 156 182 189 234 252 273 317 351 364 378 468 546 634 702 756 819 951 1,092 1,268 1,404 1,638 1,902 2,219 2,457 2,853 3,276 3,804 4,121 4,438 4,914 5,706 6,657 8,242 8,559 8,876 9,828 11,412 12,363 13,314 16,484 17,118 19,971 24,726 26,628 28,847 34,236 37,089 39,942 49,452 57,694 59,913 74,178 79,884 86,541 111,267 115,388 119,826 148,356 173,082 222,534 239,652 259,623 346,164 445,068 519,246 778,869 1,038,492 1,557,738 and 3,115,476, with no remainder.

Since 3,115,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,115,476, 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).