Q: Is 3,198,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,198,000 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 3,198,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 25 26 30 39 40 41 48 50 52 60 65 75 78 80 82 100 104 120 123 125 130 150 156 164 195 200 205 208 240 246 250 260 300 312 325 328 375 390 400 410 492 500 520 533 600 615 624 650 656 750 780 820 975 984 1,000 1,025 1,040 1,066 1,200 1,230 1,300 1,500 1,560 1,599 1,625 1,640 1,950 1,968 2,000 2,050 2,132 2,460 2,600 2,665 3,000 3,075 3,120 3,198 3,250 3,280 3,900 4,100 4,264 4,875 4,920 5,125 5,200 5,330 6,000 6,150 6,396 6,500 7,800 7,995 8,200 8,528 9,750 9,840 10,250 10,660 12,300 12,792 13,000 13,325 15,375 15,600 15,990 16,400 19,500 20,500 21,320 24,600 25,584 26,000 26,650 30,750 31,980 39,000 39,975 41,000 42,640 49,200 53,300 61,500 63,960 66,625 78,000 79,950 82,000 106,600 123,000 127,920 133,250 159,900 199,875 213,200 246,000 266,500 319,800 399,750 533,000 639,600 799,500 1,066,000 1,599,000 and 3,198,000, with no remainder.

Since 3,198,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,198,000, 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).