Q: Is 3,202,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,202,392 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 3,202,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 47 51 68 94 102 136 141 167 188 204 282 334 376 408 501 564 668 799 1,002 1,128 1,336 1,598 2,004 2,397 2,839 3,196 4,008 4,794 5,678 6,392 7,849 8,517 9,588 11,356 15,698 17,034 19,176 22,712 23,547 31,396 34,068 47,094 62,792 68,136 94,188 133,433 188,376 266,866 400,299 533,732 800,598 1,067,464 1,601,196 and 3,202,392, with no remainder.

Since 3,202,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,202,392, 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).