Q: Is 3,174,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,174,648 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 3,174,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 31 34 51 62 68 93 102 124 136 186 204 248 251 372 408 502 527 744 753 1,004 1,054 1,506 1,581 2,008 2,108 3,012 3,162 4,216 4,267 6,024 6,324 7,781 8,534 12,648 12,801 15,562 17,068 23,343 25,602 31,124 34,136 46,686 51,204 62,248 93,372 102,408 132,277 186,744 264,554 396,831 529,108 793,662 1,058,216 1,587,324 and 3,174,648, with no remainder.

Since 3,174,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,174,648, 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).