Q: Is 3,118,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,118,248 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 3,118,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 28 36 42 46 56 63 69 72 84 92 126 138 161 168 184 207 252 269 276 322 414 483 504 538 552 644 807 828 966 1,076 1,288 1,449 1,614 1,656 1,883 1,932 2,152 2,421 2,898 3,228 3,766 3,864 4,842 5,649 5,796 6,187 6,456 7,532 9,684 11,298 11,592 12,374 15,064 16,947 18,561 19,368 22,596 24,748 33,894 37,122 43,309 45,192 49,496 55,683 67,788 74,244 86,618 111,366 129,927 135,576 148,488 173,236 222,732 259,854 346,472 389,781 445,464 519,708 779,562 1,039,416 1,559,124 and 3,118,248, with no remainder.

Since 3,118,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,118,248, 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).