Q: Is 3,201,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,201,712 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 3,201,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 34 68 79 136 149 158 272 298 316 596 632 1,192 1,264 1,343 2,384 2,533 2,686 5,066 5,372 10,132 10,744 11,771 20,264 21,488 23,542 40,528 47,084 94,168 188,336 200,107 400,214 800,428 1,600,856 and 3,201,712, with no remainder.

Since 3,201,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,201,712, 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).