Q: Is 3,159,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,159,024 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 3,159,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 31 33 44 48 62 66 88 93 124 132 176 186 193 248 264 341 372 386 496 528 579 682 744 772 1,023 1,158 1,364 1,488 1,544 2,046 2,123 2,316 2,728 3,088 4,092 4,246 4,632 5,456 5,983 6,369 8,184 8,492 9,264 11,966 12,738 16,368 16,984 17,949 23,932 25,476 33,968 35,898 47,864 50,952 65,813 71,796 95,728 101,904 131,626 143,592 197,439 263,252 287,184 394,878 526,504 789,756 1,053,008 1,579,512 and 3,159,024, with no remainder.

Since 3,159,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,159,024, 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).