Q: Is 3,201,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,201,048 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 3,201,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 46 69 72 92 138 184 207 276 414 552 828 1,656 1,933 3,866 5,799 7,732 11,598 15,464 17,397 23,196 34,794 44,459 46,392 69,588 88,918 133,377 139,176 177,836 266,754 355,672 400,131 533,508 800,262 1,067,016 1,600,524 and 3,201,048, with no remainder.

Since 3,201,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,201,048, 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).