Q: Is 3,219,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,219,888 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 3,219,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 49 56 74 84 98 111 112 147 148 168 196 222 259 294 296 336 392 444 518 588 592 777 784 888 1,036 1,176 1,369 1,554 1,776 1,813 2,072 2,352 2,738 3,108 3,626 4,107 4,144 5,439 5,476 6,216 7,252 8,214 9,583 10,878 10,952 12,432 14,504 16,428 19,166 21,756 21,904 28,749 29,008 32,856 38,332 43,512 57,498 65,712 67,081 76,664 87,024 114,996 134,162 153,328 201,243 229,992 268,324 402,486 459,984 536,648 804,972 1,073,296 1,609,944 and 3,219,888, with no remainder.

Since 3,219,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,219,888, 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).