Q: Is 3,208,842 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,208,842 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 3,208,842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 54 63 78 91 117 126 182 189 234 273 351 378 546 653 702 819 1,306 1,638 1,959 2,457 3,918 4,571 4,914 5,877 8,489 9,142 11,754 13,713 16,978 17,631 25,467 27,426 35,262 41,139 50,934 59,423 76,401 82,278 118,846 123,417 152,802 178,269 229,203 246,834 356,538 458,406 534,807 1,069,614 1,604,421 and 3,208,842, with no remainder.

Since 3,208,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,208,842, 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).