Q: Is 3,142,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,142,272 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 3,142,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 84 96 98 112 128 147 167 168 192 196 224 294 334 336 384 392 448 501 588 668 672 784 896 1,002 1,169 1,176 1,336 1,344 1,568 2,004 2,338 2,352 2,672 2,688 3,136 3,507 4,008 4,676 4,704 5,344 6,272 7,014 8,016 8,183 9,352 9,408 10,688 14,028 16,032 16,366 18,704 18,816 21,376 24,549 28,056 32,064 32,732 37,408 49,098 56,112 64,128 65,464 74,816 98,196 112,224 130,928 149,632 196,392 224,448 261,856 392,784 448,896 523,712 785,568 1,047,424 1,571,136 and 3,142,272, with no remainder.

Since 3,142,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,142,272, 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).