Q: Is 3,138,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,138,048 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 3,138,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 227 256 288 384 432 454 512 576 681 768 864 908 1,152 1,362 1,536 1,728 1,816 2,043 2,304 2,724 3,456 3,632 4,086 4,608 5,448 6,129 6,912 7,264 8,172 10,896 12,258 13,824 14,528 16,344 21,792 24,516 29,056 32,688 43,584 49,032 58,112 65,376 87,168 98,064 116,224 130,752 174,336 196,128 261,504 348,672 392,256 523,008 784,512 1,046,016 1,569,024 and 3,138,048, with no remainder.

Since 3,138,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,138,048, 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).