Q: Is 3,260,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,260,136 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 3,260,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 53 66 88 106 132 159 212 233 264 318 424 466 583 636 699 932 1,166 1,272 1,398 1,749 1,864 2,332 2,563 2,796 3,498 4,664 5,126 5,592 6,996 7,689 10,252 12,349 13,992 15,378 20,504 24,698 30,756 37,047 49,396 61,512 74,094 98,792 135,839 148,188 271,678 296,376 407,517 543,356 815,034 1,086,712 1,630,068 and 3,260,136, with no remainder.

Since 3,260,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,260,136, 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).