Q: Is 3,201,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,201,012 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 3,201,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 107 108 214 277 321 428 554 642 831 963 1,108 1,284 1,662 1,926 2,493 2,889 3,324 3,852 4,986 5,778 7,479 9,972 11,556 14,958 29,639 29,916 59,278 88,917 118,556 177,834 266,751 355,668 533,502 800,253 1,067,004 1,600,506 and 3,201,012, with no remainder.

Since 3,201,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,201,012, 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).