Q: Is 3,177,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,177,576 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 3,177,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 54 72 94 108 141 188 216 282 313 376 423 564 626 846 939 1,128 1,252 1,269 1,692 1,878 2,504 2,538 2,817 3,384 3,756 5,076 5,634 7,512 8,451 10,152 11,268 14,711 16,902 22,536 29,422 33,804 44,133 58,844 67,608 88,266 117,688 132,399 176,532 264,798 353,064 397,197 529,596 794,394 1,059,192 1,588,788 and 3,177,576, with no remainder.

Since 3,177,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,177,576, 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).