Q: Is 3,157,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,157,728 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 3,157,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 37 42 48 56 74 84 96 111 112 127 148 168 222 224 254 259 296 336 381 444 508 518 592 672 762 777 888 889 1,016 1,036 1,184 1,524 1,554 1,776 1,778 2,032 2,072 2,667 3,048 3,108 3,552 3,556 4,064 4,144 4,699 5,334 6,096 6,216 7,112 8,288 9,398 10,668 12,192 12,432 14,097 14,224 18,796 21,336 24,864 28,194 28,448 32,893 37,592 42,672 56,388 65,786 75,184 85,344 98,679 112,776 131,572 150,368 197,358 225,552 263,144 394,716 451,104 526,288 789,432 1,052,576 1,578,864 and 3,157,728, with no remainder.

Since 3,157,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,157,728, 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).