Q: Is 3,232,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,232,008 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 3,232,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,151 1,404 2,302 2,808 3,453 4,604 6,906 9,208 10,359 13,812 14,963 20,718 27,624 29,926 31,077 41,436 44,889 59,852 62,154 82,872 89,778 119,704 124,308 134,667 179,556 248,616 269,334 359,112 404,001 538,668 808,002 1,077,336 1,616,004 and 3,232,008, with no remainder.

Since 3,232,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,232,008, 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).