Q: Is 3,177,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,177,036 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 3,177,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 54 69 92 108 138 207 276 414 621 828 1,242 1,279 2,484 2,558 3,837 5,116 7,674 11,511 15,348 23,022 29,417 34,533 46,044 58,834 69,066 88,251 117,668 138,132 176,502 264,753 353,004 529,506 794,259 1,059,012 1,588,518 and 3,177,036, with no remainder.

Since 3,177,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,177,036, 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).