Q: Is 3,243,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,243,072 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 3,243,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 32 38 42 48 56 57 64 76 84 96 112 114 127 133 152 168 192 224 228 254 266 304 336 381 399 448 456 508 532 608 672 762 798 889 912 1,016 1,064 1,216 1,344 1,524 1,596 1,778 1,824 2,032 2,128 2,413 2,667 3,048 3,192 3,556 3,648 4,064 4,256 4,826 5,334 6,096 6,384 7,112 7,239 8,128 8,512 9,652 10,668 12,192 12,768 14,224 14,478 16,891 19,304 21,336 24,384 25,536 28,448 28,956 33,782 38,608 42,672 50,673 56,896 57,912 67,564 77,216 85,344 101,346 115,824 135,128 154,432 170,688 202,692 231,648 270,256 405,384 463,296 540,512 810,768 1,081,024 1,621,536 and 3,243,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,243,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,243,072, 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).