Q: Is 3,283,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,283,896 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 3,283,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 264 308 462 616 924 1,777 1,848 3,554 5,331 7,108 10,662 12,439 14,216 19,547 21,324 24,878 37,317 39,094 42,648 49,756 58,641 74,634 78,188 99,512 117,282 136,829 149,268 156,376 234,564 273,658 298,536 410,487 469,128 547,316 820,974 1,094,632 1,641,948 and 3,283,896, with no remainder.

Since 3,283,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,283,896, 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).