Q: Is 3,238,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,238,368 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 3,238,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 61 79 84 96 112 122 158 168 183 224 237 244 316 336 366 427 474 488 553 632 672 732 854 948 976 1,106 1,264 1,281 1,464 1,659 1,708 1,896 1,952 2,212 2,528 2,562 2,928 3,318 3,416 3,792 4,424 4,819 5,124 5,856 6,636 6,832 7,584 8,848 9,638 10,248 13,272 13,664 14,457 17,696 19,276 20,496 26,544 28,914 33,733 38,552 40,992 53,088 57,828 67,466 77,104 101,199 115,656 134,932 154,208 202,398 231,312 269,864 404,796 462,624 539,728 809,592 1,079,456 1,619,184 and 3,238,368, with no remainder.

Since 3,238,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,238,368, 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).