Q: Is 3,259,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,259,008 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 3,259,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 41 46 48 54 64 69 72 82 92 96 108 123 128 138 144 164 184 192 207 216 246 276 288 328 368 369 384 414 432 492 552 576 621 656 736 738 828 864 943 984 1,104 1,107 1,152 1,242 1,312 1,472 1,476 1,656 1,728 1,886 1,968 2,208 2,214 2,484 2,624 2,829 2,944 2,952 3,312 3,456 3,772 3,936 4,416 4,428 4,968 5,248 5,658 5,904 6,624 7,544 7,872 8,487 8,832 8,856 9,936 11,316 11,808 13,248 15,088 15,744 16,974 17,712 19,872 22,632 23,616 25,461 26,496 30,176 33,948 35,424 39,744 45,264 47,232 50,922 60,352 67,896 70,848 79,488 90,528 101,844 120,704 135,792 141,696 181,056 203,688 271,584 362,112 407,376 543,168 814,752 1,086,336 1,629,504 and 3,259,008, with no remainder.

Since 3,259,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,259,008, 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).