Q: Is 3,139,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,139,344 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 3,139,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 43 48 52 54 72 78 86 104 108 117 129 144 156 169 172 208 216 234 258 312 338 344 351 387 432 468 507 516 559 624 676 688 702 774 936 1,014 1,032 1,118 1,161 1,352 1,404 1,521 1,548 1,677 1,872 2,028 2,064 2,236 2,322 2,704 2,808 3,042 3,096 3,354 4,056 4,472 4,563 4,644 5,031 5,616 6,084 6,192 6,708 7,267 8,112 8,944 9,126 9,288 10,062 12,168 13,416 14,534 15,093 18,252 18,576 20,124 21,801 24,336 26,832 29,068 30,186 36,504 40,248 43,602 58,136 60,372 65,403 73,008 80,496 87,204 116,272 120,744 130,806 174,408 196,209 241,488 261,612 348,816 392,418 523,224 784,836 1,046,448 1,569,672 and 3,139,344, with no remainder.

Since 3,139,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,139,344, 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).