Q: Is 3,127,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,127,992 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 3,127,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 43 56 84 86 129 168 172 258 301 344 433 516 602 866 903 1,032 1,204 1,299 1,732 1,806 2,408 2,598 3,031 3,464 3,612 5,196 6,062 7,224 9,093 10,392 12,124 18,186 18,619 24,248 36,372 37,238 55,857 72,744 74,476 111,714 130,333 148,952 223,428 260,666 390,999 446,856 521,332 781,998 1,042,664 1,563,996 and 3,127,992, with no remainder.

Since 3,127,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,127,992, 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).