Q: Is 3,247,002 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,247,002 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 3,247,002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 23 31 33 46 62 66 69 93 99 138 186 198 207 253 279 341 414 506 529 558 682 713 759 1,023 1,058 1,426 1,518 1,587 2,046 2,139 2,277 3,069 3,174 4,278 4,554 4,761 5,819 6,138 6,417 7,843 9,522 11,638 12,834 15,686 16,399 17,457 23,529 32,798 34,914 47,058 49,197 52,371 70,587 98,394 104,742 141,174 147,591 180,389 295,182 360,778 541,167 1,082,334 1,623,501 and 3,247,002, with no remainder.

Since 3,247,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,247,002, 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).