Q: Is 3,135,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,135,024 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 3,135,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 59 72 81 82 108 118 123 144 162 164 177 216 236 246 324 328 354 369 432 472 492 531 648 656 708 738 944 984 1,062 1,107 1,296 1,416 1,476 1,593 1,968 2,124 2,214 2,419 2,832 2,952 3,186 3,321 4,248 4,428 4,779 4,838 5,904 6,372 6,642 7,257 8,496 8,856 9,558 9,676 12,744 13,284 14,514 17,712 19,116 19,352 21,771 25,488 26,568 29,028 38,232 38,704 43,542 53,136 58,056 65,313 76,464 87,084 116,112 130,626 174,168 195,939 261,252 348,336 391,878 522,504 783,756 1,045,008 1,567,512 and 3,135,024, with no remainder.

Since 3,135,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,135,024, 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).