Q: Is 3,330,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,330,576 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 3,330,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 101 144 202 229 303 404 458 606 687 808 909 916 1,212 1,374 1,616 1,818 1,832 2,061 2,424 2,748 3,636 3,664 4,122 4,848 5,496 7,272 8,244 10,992 14,544 16,488 23,129 32,976 46,258 69,387 92,516 138,774 185,032 208,161 277,548 370,064 416,322 555,096 832,644 1,110,192 1,665,288 and 3,330,576, with no remainder.

Since 3,330,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,330,576, 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).