Q: Is 3,122,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,122,504 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 3,122,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 37 44 56 74 77 88 137 148 154 259 274 296 308 407 518 548 616 814 959 1,036 1,096 1,507 1,628 1,918 2,072 2,849 3,014 3,256 3,836 5,069 5,698 6,028 7,672 10,138 10,549 11,396 12,056 20,276 21,098 22,792 35,483 40,552 42,196 55,759 70,966 84,392 111,518 141,932 223,036 283,864 390,313 446,072 780,626 1,561,252 and 3,122,504, with no remainder.

Since 3,122,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,122,504, 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).