Q: Is 3,170,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,170,976 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 3,170,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 29 32 34 48 51 58 67 68 87 96 102 116 134 136 174 201 204 232 268 272 348 402 408 464 493 536 544 696 804 816 928 986 1,072 1,139 1,392 1,479 1,608 1,632 1,943 1,972 2,144 2,278 2,784 2,958 3,216 3,417 3,886 3,944 4,556 5,829 5,916 6,432 6,834 7,772 7,888 9,112 11,658 11,832 13,668 15,544 15,776 18,224 23,316 23,664 27,336 31,088 33,031 36,448 46,632 47,328 54,672 62,176 66,062 93,264 99,093 109,344 132,124 186,528 198,186 264,248 396,372 528,496 792,744 1,056,992 1,585,488 and 3,170,976, with no remainder.

Since 3,170,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,170,976, 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).