Q: Is 3,279,210 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,279,210 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 3,279,210 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 19 22 30 33 38 55 57 66 95 110 114 165 190 209 285 330 418 523 570 627 1,045 1,046 1,254 1,569 2,090 2,615 3,135 3,138 5,230 5,753 6,270 7,845 9,937 11,506 15,690 17,259 19,874 28,765 29,811 34,518 49,685 57,530 59,622 86,295 99,370 109,307 149,055 172,590 218,614 298,110 327,921 546,535 655,842 1,093,070 1,639,605 and 3,279,210, with no remainder.

Since 3,279,210 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,279,210, 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).