Q: Is 3,117,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,117,912 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 3,117,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 67 84 134 168 201 268 277 402 469 536 554 804 831 938 1,108 1,407 1,608 1,662 1,876 1,939 2,216 2,814 3,324 3,752 3,878 5,628 5,817 6,648 7,756 11,256 11,634 15,512 18,559 23,268 37,118 46,536 55,677 74,236 111,354 129,913 148,472 222,708 259,826 389,739 445,416 519,652 779,478 1,039,304 1,558,956 and 3,117,912, with no remainder.

Since 3,117,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,117,912, 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).