Q: Is 3,159,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,159,624 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 3,159,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 19 24 26 38 39 41 52 57 76 78 82 104 114 123 152 156 164 169 228 246 247 312 328 338 456 492 494 507 533 676 741 779 984 988 1,014 1,066 1,352 1,482 1,558 1,599 1,976 2,028 2,132 2,337 2,964 3,116 3,198 3,211 4,056 4,264 4,674 5,928 6,232 6,396 6,422 6,929 9,348 9,633 10,127 12,792 12,844 13,858 18,696 19,266 20,254 20,787 25,688 27,716 30,381 38,532 40,508 41,574 55,432 60,762 77,064 81,016 83,148 121,524 131,651 166,296 243,048 263,302 394,953 526,604 789,906 1,053,208 1,579,812 and 3,159,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,159,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,159,624, 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).