Q: Is 3,187,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,187,184 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 3,187,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 104 112 143 154 176 182 199 208 286 308 364 398 572 616 728 796 1,001 1,144 1,232 1,393 1,456 1,592 2,002 2,189 2,288 2,587 2,786 3,184 4,004 4,378 5,174 5,572 8,008 8,756 10,348 11,144 15,323 16,016 17,512 18,109 20,696 22,288 28,457 30,646 35,024 36,218 41,392 56,914 61,292 72,436 113,828 122,584 144,872 199,199 227,656 245,168 289,744 398,398 455,312 796,796 1,593,592 and 3,187,184, with no remainder.

Since 3,187,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,187,184, 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).