Q: Is 3,148,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,148,308 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 3,148,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 41 54 79 81 82 108 123 158 162 164 237 243 246 316 324 369 474 486 492 711 738 948 972 1,107 1,422 1,476 2,133 2,214 2,844 3,239 3,321 4,266 4,428 6,399 6,478 6,642 8,532 9,717 9,963 12,798 12,956 13,284 19,197 19,434 19,926 25,596 29,151 38,394 38,868 39,852 58,302 76,788 87,453 116,604 174,906 262,359 349,812 524,718 787,077 1,049,436 1,574,154 and 3,148,308, with no remainder.

Since 3,148,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,148,308, 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).