Q: Is 3,241,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,241,152 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 3,241,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 136 144 153 192 204 272 288 306 331 408 544 576 612 662 816 993 1,088 1,224 1,324 1,632 1,986 2,448 2,648 2,979 3,264 3,972 4,896 5,296 5,627 5,958 7,944 9,792 10,592 11,254 11,916 15,888 16,881 21,184 22,508 23,832 31,776 33,762 45,016 47,664 50,643 63,552 67,524 90,032 95,328 101,286 135,048 180,064 190,656 202,572 270,096 360,128 405,144 540,192 810,288 1,080,384 1,620,576 and 3,241,152, with no remainder.

Since 3,241,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,241,152, 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).