Q: Is 3,206,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,206,000 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 3,206,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 80 100 112 125 140 175 200 229 250 280 350 400 458 500 560 700 875 916 1,000 1,145 1,400 1,603 1,750 1,832 2,000 2,290 2,800 3,206 3,500 3,664 4,580 5,725 6,412 7,000 8,015 9,160 11,450 12,824 14,000 16,030 18,320 22,900 25,648 28,625 32,060 40,075 45,800 57,250 64,120 80,150 91,600 114,500 128,240 160,300 200,375 229,000 320,600 400,750 458,000 641,200 801,500 1,603,000 and 3,206,000, with no remainder.

Since 3,206,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,206,000, 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).