Q: Is 3,130,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,130,608 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 3,130,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 173 174 208 232 312 346 348 377 464 519 624 692 696 754 1,038 1,131 1,384 1,392 1,508 2,076 2,249 2,262 2,768 3,016 4,152 4,498 4,524 5,017 6,032 6,747 8,304 8,996 9,048 10,034 13,494 15,051 17,992 18,096 20,068 26,988 30,102 35,984 40,136 53,976 60,204 65,221 80,272 107,952 120,408 130,442 195,663 240,816 260,884 391,326 521,768 782,652 1,043,536 1,565,304 and 3,130,608, with no remainder.

Since 3,130,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,130,608, 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).