Q: Is 3,212,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,212,048 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 3,212,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 34 49 56 68 98 112 119 136 196 238 241 272 392 476 482 784 833 952 964 1,666 1,687 1,904 1,928 3,332 3,374 3,856 4,097 6,664 6,748 8,194 11,809 13,328 13,496 16,388 23,618 26,992 28,679 32,776 47,236 57,358 65,552 94,472 114,716 188,944 200,753 229,432 401,506 458,864 803,012 1,606,024 and 3,212,048, with no remainder.

Since 3,212,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,212,048, 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).