Q: Is 3,127,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,127,488 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 3,127,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 64 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 179 182 192 208 224 273 312 336 358 364 416 448 537 546 624 672 716 728 832 1,074 1,092 1,248 1,253 1,344 1,432 1,456 2,148 2,184 2,327 2,496 2,506 2,864 2,912 3,759 4,296 4,368 4,654 5,012 5,728 5,824 6,981 7,518 8,592 8,736 9,308 10,024 11,456 13,962 15,036 16,289 17,184 17,472 18,616 20,048 27,924 30,072 32,578 34,368 37,232 40,096 48,867 55,848 60,144 65,156 74,464 80,192 97,734 111,696 120,288 130,312 148,928 195,468 223,392 240,576 260,624 390,936 446,784 521,248 781,872 1,042,496 1,563,744 and 3,127,488, with no remainder.

Since 3,127,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,127,488, 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).