Q: Is 3,003,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,003,264 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 3,003,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 64 66 72 79 88 96 99 108 128 132 144 158 176 192 198 216 237 264 288 297 316 352 384 396 432 474 528 576 594 632 704 711 792 864 869 948 1,056 1,152 1,188 1,264 1,408 1,422 1,584 1,728 1,738 1,896 2,112 2,133 2,376 2,528 2,607 2,844 3,168 3,456 3,476 3,792 4,224 4,266 4,752 5,056 5,214 5,688 6,336 6,952 7,584 7,821 8,532 9,504 10,112 10,428 11,376 12,672 13,904 15,168 15,642 17,064 19,008 20,856 22,752 23,463 27,808 30,336 31,284 34,128 38,016 41,712 45,504 46,926 55,616 62,568 68,256 83,424 91,008 93,852 111,232 125,136 136,512 166,848 187,704 250,272 273,024 333,696 375,408 500,544 750,816 1,001,088 1,501,632 and 3,003,264, with no remainder.

Since 3,003,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,003,264, 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).