Q: Is 3,234,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,234,200 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 3,234,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 103 157 200 206 314 412 515 628 785 824 1,030 1,256 1,570 2,060 2,575 3,140 3,925 4,120 5,150 6,280 7,850 10,300 15,700 16,171 20,600 31,400 32,342 64,684 80,855 129,368 161,710 323,420 404,275 646,840 808,550 1,617,100 and 3,234,200, with no remainder.

Since 3,234,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,234,200, 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).