Q: Is 3,235,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,235,848 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 3,235,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 17 21 22 24 28 33 34 42 44 51 56 66 68 77 84 88 102 103 119 132 136 154 168 187 204 206 231 238 264 308 309 357 374 408 412 462 476 561 616 618 714 721 748 824 924 952 1,122 1,133 1,236 1,309 1,428 1,442 1,496 1,751 1,848 2,163 2,244 2,266 2,472 2,618 2,856 2,884 3,399 3,502 3,927 4,326 4,488 4,532 5,236 5,253 5,768 6,798 7,004 7,854 7,931 8,652 9,064 10,472 10,506 12,257 13,596 14,008 15,708 15,862 17,304 19,261 21,012 23,793 24,514 27,192 31,416 31,724 36,771 38,522 42,024 47,586 49,028 57,783 63,448 73,542 77,044 95,172 98,056 115,566 134,827 147,084 154,088 190,344 231,132 269,654 294,168 404,481 462,264 539,308 808,962 1,078,616 1,617,924 and 3,235,848, with no remainder.

Since 3,235,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,235,848, 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).