Q: Is 3,297,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,297,456 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 3,297,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 449 459 612 816 898 918 1,224 1,347 1,796 1,836 2,448 2,694 3,592 3,672 4,041 5,388 7,184 7,344 7,633 8,082 10,776 12,123 15,266 16,164 21,552 22,899 24,246 30,532 32,328 45,798 48,492 61,064 64,656 68,697 91,596 96,984 122,128 137,394 183,192 193,968 206,091 274,788 366,384 412,182 549,576 824,364 1,099,152 1,648,728 and 3,297,456, with no remainder.

Since 3,297,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,297,456, 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).