Q: Is 3,138,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,138,496 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 3,138,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 29 32 38 58 64 76 89 116 152 178 232 304 356 464 551 608 712 928 1,102 1,216 1,424 1,691 1,856 2,204 2,581 2,848 3,382 4,408 5,162 5,696 6,764 8,816 10,324 13,528 17,632 20,648 27,056 35,264 41,296 49,039 54,112 82,592 98,078 108,224 165,184 196,156 392,312 784,624 1,569,248 and 3,138,496, with no remainder.

Since 3,138,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,138,496, 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).