Q: Is 3,165,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,165,408 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 3,165,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 116 144 174 232 261 288 348 379 464 522 696 758 928 1,044 1,137 1,392 1,516 2,088 2,274 2,784 3,032 3,411 4,176 4,548 6,064 6,822 8,352 9,096 10,991 12,128 13,644 18,192 21,982 27,288 32,973 36,384 43,964 54,576 65,946 87,928 98,919 109,152 131,892 175,856 197,838 263,784 351,712 395,676 527,568 791,352 1,055,136 1,582,704 and 3,165,408, with no remainder.

Since 3,165,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,165,408, 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).