Q: Is 3,243,900 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,243,900 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 3,243,900 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 25 30 33 44 50 55 60 66 75 100 110 132 150 165 220 275 300 330 550 660 825 983 1,100 1,650 1,966 2,949 3,300 3,932 4,915 5,898 9,830 10,813 11,796 14,745 19,660 21,626 24,575 29,490 32,439 43,252 49,150 54,065 58,980 64,878 73,725 98,300 108,130 129,756 147,450 162,195 216,260 270,325 294,900 324,390 540,650 648,780 810,975 1,081,300 1,621,950 and 3,243,900, with no remainder.

Since 3,243,900 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,243,900, 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).