Q: Is 3,142,139 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 3,142,139 is a composite number.

Why is 3,142,139 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 3,142,139 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 13 43 73 77 91 143 301 473 511 559 803 949 1,001 3,139 3,311 3,913 5,621 6,149 6,643 10,439 21,973 34,529 40,807 43,043 73,073 241,703 285,649 448,877 and 3,142,139, with no remainder.

Since 3,142,139 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,142,139, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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