Q: Is 3,254,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,254,496 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 3,254,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 84 87 96 112 116 167 168 174 203 224 232 334 336 348 406 464 501 609 668 672 696 812 928 1,002 1,169 1,218 1,336 1,392 1,624 2,004 2,338 2,436 2,672 2,784 3,248 3,507 4,008 4,676 4,843 4,872 5,344 6,496 7,014 8,016 9,352 9,686 9,744 14,028 14,529 16,032 18,704 19,372 19,488 28,056 29,058 33,901 37,408 38,744 56,112 58,116 67,802 77,488 101,703 112,224 116,232 135,604 154,976 203,406 232,464 271,208 406,812 464,928 542,416 813,624 1,084,832 1,627,248 and 3,254,496, with no remainder.

Since 3,254,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,254,496, 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).