Q: Is 3,133,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,133,512 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 3,133,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 89 108 163 178 216 267 326 356 489 534 652 712 801 978 1,068 1,304 1,467 1,602 1,956 2,136 2,403 2,934 3,204 3,912 4,401 4,806 5,868 6,408 8,802 9,612 11,736 14,507 17,604 19,224 29,014 35,208 43,521 58,028 87,042 116,056 130,563 174,084 261,126 348,168 391,689 522,252 783,378 1,044,504 1,566,756 and 3,133,512, with no remainder.

Since 3,133,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,133,512, 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).