Q: Is 3,210,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,210,792 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 3,210,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 41 52 78 82 104 123 156 164 246 251 312 328 492 502 533 753 984 1,004 1,066 1,506 1,599 2,008 2,132 3,012 3,198 3,263 4,264 6,024 6,396 6,526 9,789 10,291 12,792 13,052 19,578 20,582 26,104 30,873 39,156 41,164 61,746 78,312 82,328 123,492 133,783 246,984 267,566 401,349 535,132 802,698 1,070,264 1,605,396 and 3,210,792, with no remainder.

Since 3,210,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,210,792, 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).