Q: Is 3,277,164 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,277,164 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 3,277,164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 37 44 61 66 74 111 121 122 132 148 183 222 242 244 363 366 407 444 484 671 726 732 814 1,221 1,342 1,452 1,628 2,013 2,257 2,442 2,684 4,026 4,477 4,514 4,884 6,771 7,381 8,052 8,954 9,028 13,431 13,542 14,762 17,908 22,143 24,827 26,862 27,084 29,524 44,286 49,654 53,724 74,481 88,572 99,308 148,962 273,097 297,924 546,194 819,291 1,092,388 1,638,582 and 3,277,164, with no remainder.

Since 3,277,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,277,164, 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).