Q: Is 3,219,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,219,072 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 3,219,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 83 96 101 128 166 192 202 249 303 332 384 404 498 606 664 808 996 1,212 1,328 1,616 1,992 2,424 2,656 3,232 3,984 4,848 5,312 6,464 7,968 8,383 9,696 10,624 12,928 15,936 16,766 19,392 25,149 31,872 33,532 38,784 50,298 67,064 100,596 134,128 201,192 268,256 402,384 536,512 804,768 1,073,024 1,609,536 and 3,219,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,219,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,219,072, 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).