Q: Is 3,295,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,295,072 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 3,295,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 23 32 37 44 46 74 88 92 121 148 176 184 242 253 296 352 368 407 484 506 592 736 814 851 968 1,012 1,184 1,628 1,702 1,936 2,024 2,783 3,256 3,404 3,872 4,048 4,477 5,566 6,512 6,808 8,096 8,954 9,361 11,132 13,024 13,616 17,908 18,722 22,264 27,232 35,816 37,444 44,528 71,632 74,888 89,056 102,971 143,264 149,776 205,942 299,552 411,884 823,768 1,647,536 and 3,295,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,295,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,295,072, 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).