Q: Is 3,121,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,121,272 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 3,121,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 44 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 126 132 154 168 198 231 252 264 308 396 462 504 563 616 693 792 924 1,126 1,386 1,689 1,848 2,252 2,772 3,378 3,941 4,504 5,067 5,544 6,193 6,756 7,882 10,134 11,823 12,386 13,512 15,764 18,579 20,268 23,646 24,772 31,528 35,469 37,158 40,536 43,351 47,292 49,544 55,737 70,938 74,316 86,702 94,584 111,474 130,053 141,876 148,632 173,404 222,948 260,106 283,752 346,808 390,159 445,896 520,212 780,318 1,040,424 1,560,636 and 3,121,272, with no remainder.

Since 3,121,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,121,272, 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).