Q: Is 3,115,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,115,896 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 3,115,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 51 56 68 84 102 119 136 168 204 238 357 408 476 714 952 1,091 1,428 2,182 2,856 3,273 4,364 6,546 7,637 8,728 13,092 15,274 18,547 22,911 26,184 30,548 37,094 45,822 55,641 61,096 74,188 91,644 111,282 129,829 148,376 183,288 222,564 259,658 389,487 445,128 519,316 778,974 1,038,632 1,557,948 and 3,115,896, with no remainder.

Since 3,115,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,115,896, 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).