Q: Is 3,201,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,201,528 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 3,201,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 67 88 132 134 181 201 264 268 362 402 536 543 724 737 804 1,086 1,448 1,474 1,608 1,991 2,172 2,211 2,948 3,982 4,344 4,422 5,896 5,973 7,964 8,844 11,946 12,127 15,928 17,688 23,892 24,254 36,381 47,784 48,508 72,762 97,016 133,397 145,524 266,794 291,048 400,191 533,588 800,382 1,067,176 1,600,764 and 3,201,528, with no remainder.

Since 3,201,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,201,528, 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).