Q: Is 3,159,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,159,216 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 3,159,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 71 72 103 108 142 144 206 213 216 284 309 412 426 432 568 618 639 824 852 927 1,136 1,236 1,278 1,648 1,704 1,854 1,917 2,472 2,556 2,781 3,408 3,708 3,834 4,944 5,112 5,562 7,313 7,416 7,668 10,224 11,124 14,626 14,832 15,336 21,939 22,248 29,252 30,672 43,878 44,496 58,504 65,817 87,756 117,008 131,634 175,512 197,451 263,268 351,024 394,902 526,536 789,804 1,053,072 1,579,608 and 3,159,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,159,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,159,216, 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).