Q: Is 3,124,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,124,344 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 3,124,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 67 87 116 134 174 201 232 268 348 402 536 696 804 1,608 1,943 3,886 4,489 5,829 7,772 8,978 11,658 13,467 15,544 17,956 23,316 26,934 35,912 46,632 53,868 107,736 130,181 260,362 390,543 520,724 781,086 1,041,448 1,562,172 and 3,124,344, with no remainder.

Since 3,124,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,124,344, 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).