Q: Is 3,201,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,201,072 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 3,201,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 147 168 196 294 336 392 588 784 1,176 1,361 2,352 2,722 4,083 5,444 8,166 9,527 10,888 16,332 19,054 21,776 28,581 32,664 38,108 57,162 65,328 66,689 76,216 114,324 133,378 152,432 200,067 228,648 266,756 400,134 457,296 533,512 800,268 1,067,024 1,600,536 and 3,201,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,201,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,201,072, 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).