Q: Is 3,157,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,157,704 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 3,157,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 162 198 216 264 297 324 396 443 594 648 792 886 891 1,188 1,329 1,772 1,782 2,376 2,658 3,544 3,564 3,987 4,873 5,316 7,128 7,974 9,746 10,632 11,961 14,619 15,948 19,492 23,922 29,238 31,896 35,883 38,984 43,857 47,844 58,476 71,766 87,714 95,688 116,952 131,571 143,532 175,428 263,142 287,064 350,856 394,713 526,284 789,426 1,052,568 1,578,852 and 3,157,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,157,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,157,704, 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).