Q: Is 3,217,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,217,800 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 3,217,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 31 40 50 60 62 75 93 100 120 124 150 155 173 186 200 248 300 310 346 372 465 519 600 620 692 744 775 865 930 1,038 1,240 1,384 1,550 1,730 1,860 2,076 2,325 2,595 3,100 3,460 3,720 4,152 4,325 4,650 5,190 5,363 6,200 6,920 8,650 9,300 10,380 10,726 12,975 16,089 17,300 18,600 20,760 21,452 25,950 26,815 32,178 34,600 42,904 51,900 53,630 64,356 80,445 103,800 107,260 128,712 134,075 160,890 214,520 268,150 321,780 402,225 536,300 643,560 804,450 1,072,600 1,608,900 and 3,217,800, with no remainder.

Since 3,217,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,217,800, 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).