Q: Is 3,327,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,327,888 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 3,327,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 41 48 57 76 82 89 114 123 152 164 178 228 246 267 304 328 356 456 492 534 656 712 779 912 984 1,068 1,424 1,558 1,691 1,968 2,136 2,337 3,116 3,382 3,649 4,272 4,674 5,073 6,232 6,764 7,298 9,348 10,146 10,947 12,464 13,528 14,596 18,696 20,292 21,894 27,056 29,192 37,392 40,584 43,788 58,384 69,331 81,168 87,576 138,662 175,152 207,993 277,324 415,986 554,648 831,972 1,109,296 1,663,944 and 3,327,888, with no remainder.

Since 3,327,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,327,888, 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).