Q: Is 3,183,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,183,948 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 3,183,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 54 62 81 93 108 124 162 186 279 317 324 372 558 634 837 951 1,116 1,268 1,674 1,902 2,511 2,853 3,348 3,804 5,022 5,706 8,559 9,827 10,044 11,412 17,118 19,654 25,677 29,481 34,236 39,308 51,354 58,962 88,443 102,708 117,924 176,886 265,329 353,772 530,658 795,987 1,061,316 1,591,974 and 3,183,948, with no remainder.

Since 3,183,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,183,948, 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).