Q: Is 3,134,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,134,528 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 3,134,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 43 64 67 68 86 134 136 172 268 272 344 536 544 688 731 1,072 1,088 1,139 1,376 1,462 2,144 2,278 2,752 2,881 2,924 4,288 4,556 5,762 5,848 9,112 11,524 11,696 18,224 23,048 23,392 36,448 46,096 46,784 48,977 72,896 92,192 97,954 184,384 195,908 391,816 783,632 1,567,264 and 3,134,528, with no remainder.

Since 3,134,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,134,528, 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).