Q: Is 3,124,692 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,124,692 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 3,124,692 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 41 58 73 82 87 116 123 146 164 174 219 246 261 292 348 369 438 492 522 657 738 876 1,044 1,189 1,314 1,476 2,117 2,378 2,628 2,993 3,567 4,234 4,756 5,986 6,351 7,134 8,468 8,979 10,701 11,972 12,702 14,268 17,958 19,053 21,402 25,404 26,937 35,916 38,106 42,804 53,874 76,212 86,797 107,748 173,594 260,391 347,188 520,782 781,173 1,041,564 1,562,346 and 3,124,692, with no remainder.

Since 3,124,692 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,124,692, 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).