Q: Is 3,157,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,157,952 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 3,157,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 49 53 56 64 76 98 106 112 133 152 196 212 224 266 304 371 392 424 448 532 608 742 784 848 931 1,007 1,064 1,216 1,484 1,568 1,696 1,862 2,014 2,128 2,597 2,968 3,136 3,392 3,724 4,028 4,256 5,194 5,936 7,049 7,448 8,056 8,512 10,388 11,872 14,098 14,896 16,112 20,776 23,744 28,196 29,792 32,224 41,552 49,343 56,392 59,584 64,448 83,104 98,686 112,784 166,208 197,372 225,568 394,744 451,136 789,488 1,578,976 and 3,157,952, with no remainder.

Since 3,157,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,157,952, 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).