Q: Is 3,197,838 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,197,838 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 3,197,838 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 49 73 98 146 147 149 219 294 298 438 447 511 894 1,022 1,043 1,533 2,086 3,066 3,129 3,577 6,258 7,154 7,301 10,731 10,877 14,602 21,462 21,754 21,903 32,631 43,806 65,262 76,139 152,278 228,417 456,834 532,973 1,065,946 1,598,919 and 3,197,838, with no remainder.

Since 3,197,838 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,197,838, 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).