Q: Is 3,216,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,216,312 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 3,216,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 31 33 36 44 62 66 72 88 93 99 124 131 132 186 198 248 262 264 279 341 372 393 396 524 558 682 744 786 792 1,023 1,048 1,116 1,179 1,364 1,441 1,572 2,046 2,232 2,358 2,728 2,882 3,069 3,144 4,061 4,092 4,323 4,716 5,764 6,138 8,122 8,184 8,646 9,432 11,528 12,183 12,276 12,969 16,244 17,292 24,366 24,552 25,938 32,488 34,584 36,549 44,671 48,732 51,876 73,098 89,342 97,464 103,752 134,013 146,196 178,684 268,026 292,392 357,368 402,039 536,052 804,078 1,072,104 1,608,156 and 3,216,312, with no remainder.

Since 3,216,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,216,312, 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).