Q: Is 3,278,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,278,792 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 3,278,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 19 22 37 38 44 53 74 76 88 106 148 152 209 212 296 407 418 424 583 703 814 836 1,007 1,166 1,406 1,628 1,672 1,961 2,014 2,332 2,812 3,256 3,922 4,028 4,664 5,624 7,733 7,844 8,056 11,077 15,466 15,688 21,571 22,154 30,932 37,259 43,142 44,308 61,864 74,518 86,284 88,616 149,036 172,568 298,072 409,849 819,698 1,639,396 and 3,278,792, with no remainder.

Since 3,278,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,278,792, 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).