Q: Is 3,163,068 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,163,068 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 3,163,068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 82 123 164 246 369 492 738 1,476 2,143 4,286 6,429 8,572 12,858 19,287 25,716 38,574 77,148 87,863 175,726 263,589 351,452 527,178 790,767 1,054,356 1,581,534 and 3,163,068, with no remainder.

Since 3,163,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,163,068, 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).