Q: Is 3,295,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,295,416 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 3,295,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 41 51 68 82 102 123 136 164 197 204 246 328 394 408 492 591 697 788 984 1,182 1,394 1,576 2,091 2,364 2,788 3,349 4,182 4,728 5,576 6,698 8,077 8,364 10,047 13,396 16,154 16,728 20,094 24,231 26,792 32,308 40,188 48,462 64,616 80,376 96,924 137,309 193,848 274,618 411,927 549,236 823,854 1,098,472 1,647,708 and 3,295,416, with no remainder.

Since 3,295,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,295,416, 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).