Q: Is 3,224,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,224,124 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 3,224,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 54 62 81 93 107 108 124 162 186 214 243 279 321 324 372 428 486 558 642 837 963 972 1,116 1,284 1,674 1,926 2,511 2,889 3,317 3,348 3,852 5,022 5,778 6,634 7,533 8,667 9,951 10,044 11,556 13,268 15,066 17,334 19,902 26,001 29,853 30,132 34,668 39,804 52,002 59,706 89,559 104,004 119,412 179,118 268,677 358,236 537,354 806,031 1,074,708 1,612,062 and 3,224,124, with no remainder.

Since 3,224,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,224,124, 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).