Q: Is 3,127,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,127,124 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 3,127,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 71 77 91 121 142 143 154 182 242 284 286 308 364 484 497 572 781 847 923 994 1,001 1,562 1,573 1,694 1,846 1,988 2,002 3,124 3,146 3,388 3,692 4,004 5,467 6,292 6,461 8,591 10,153 10,934 11,011 12,922 17,182 20,306 21,868 22,022 25,844 34,364 40,612 44,044 60,137 71,071 111,683 120,274 142,142 223,366 240,548 284,284 446,732 781,781 1,563,562 and 3,127,124, with no remainder.

Since 3,127,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,127,124, 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).