Q: Is 3,202,122 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,202,122 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 3,202,122 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 29 33 42 58 66 77 87 154 174 203 231 239 319 406 462 478 609 638 717 957 1,218 1,434 1,673 1,914 2,233 2,629 3,346 4,466 5,019 5,258 6,699 6,931 7,887 10,038 13,398 13,862 15,774 18,403 20,793 36,806 41,586 48,517 55,209 76,241 97,034 110,418 145,551 152,482 228,723 291,102 457,446 533,687 1,067,374 1,601,061 and 3,202,122, with no remainder.

Since 3,202,122 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,202,122, 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).