Q: Is 3,324,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,324,216 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 3,324,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 47 56 84 94 141 168 188 282 329 376 421 564 658 842 987 1,128 1,263 1,316 1,684 1,974 2,526 2,632 2,947 3,368 3,948 5,052 5,894 7,896 8,841 10,104 11,788 17,682 19,787 23,576 35,364 39,574 59,361 70,728 79,148 118,722 138,509 158,296 237,444 277,018 415,527 474,888 554,036 831,054 1,108,072 1,662,108 and 3,324,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,324,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,324,216, 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).