Q: Is 3,162,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,162,624 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 3,162,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 64 71 87 96 116 128 142 174 192 213 232 256 284 348 384 426 464 512 568 696 768 852 928 1,136 1,392 1,536 1,704 1,856 2,059 2,272 2,784 3,408 3,712 4,118 4,544 5,568 6,177 6,816 7,424 8,236 9,088 11,136 12,354 13,632 14,848 16,472 18,176 22,272 24,708 27,264 32,944 36,352 44,544 49,416 54,528 65,888 98,832 109,056 131,776 197,664 263,552 395,328 527,104 790,656 1,054,208 1,581,312 and 3,162,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,162,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,162,624, 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).