Q: Is 3,199,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,199,248 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 3,199,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,709 1,872 3,418 5,127 6,836 10,254 13,672 15,381 20,508 22,217 27,344 30,762 41,016 44,434 61,524 66,651 82,032 88,868 123,048 133,302 177,736 199,953 246,096 266,604 355,472 399,906 533,208 799,812 1,066,416 1,599,624 and 3,199,248, with no remainder.

Since 3,199,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,199,248, 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).