Q: Is 3,121,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,121,468 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 3,121,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 23 28 37 46 74 92 131 148 161 259 262 322 518 524 644 851 917 1,036 1,702 1,834 3,013 3,404 3,668 4,847 5,957 6,026 9,694 11,914 12,052 19,388 21,091 23,828 33,929 42,182 67,858 84,364 111,481 135,716 222,962 445,924 780,367 1,560,734 and 3,121,468, with no remainder.

Since 3,121,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,121,468, 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).