Q: Is 3,127,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,127,824 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 3,127,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 29 36 42 48 56 58 63 72 84 87 107 112 116 126 144 168 174 203 214 232 252 261 321 336 348 406 428 464 504 522 609 642 696 749 812 856 963 1,008 1,044 1,218 1,284 1,392 1,498 1,624 1,712 1,827 1,926 2,088 2,247 2,436 2,568 2,996 3,103 3,248 3,654 3,852 4,176 4,494 4,872 5,136 5,992 6,206 6,741 7,308 7,704 8,988 9,309 9,744 11,984 12,412 13,482 14,616 15,408 17,976 18,618 21,721 24,824 26,964 27,927 29,232 35,952 37,236 43,442 49,648 53,928 55,854 65,163 74,472 86,884 107,856 111,708 130,326 148,944 173,768 195,489 223,416 260,652 347,536 390,978 446,832 521,304 781,956 1,042,608 1,563,912 and 3,127,824, with no remainder.

Since 3,127,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,127,824, 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).