Q: Is 3,125,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,125,424 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 3,125,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 23 24 38 46 48 57 69 76 92 114 138 149 152 184 228 276 298 304 368 437 447 456 552 596 874 894 912 1,104 1,192 1,311 1,748 1,788 2,384 2,622 2,831 3,427 3,496 3,576 5,244 5,662 6,854 6,992 7,152 8,493 10,281 10,488 11,324 13,708 16,986 20,562 20,976 22,648 27,416 33,972 41,124 45,296 54,832 65,113 67,944 82,248 130,226 135,888 164,496 195,339 260,452 390,678 520,904 781,356 1,041,808 1,562,712 and 3,125,424, with no remainder.

Since 3,125,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,125,424, 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).