Q: Is 3,331,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,331,872 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 3,331,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 276 288 368 414 503 552 736 828 1,006 1,104 1,509 1,656 2,012 2,208 3,018 3,312 4,024 4,527 6,036 6,624 8,048 9,054 11,569 12,072 16,096 18,108 23,138 24,144 34,707 36,216 46,276 48,288 69,414 72,432 92,552 104,121 138,828 144,864 185,104 208,242 277,656 370,208 416,484 555,312 832,968 1,110,624 1,665,936 and 3,331,872, with no remainder.

Since 3,331,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,331,872, 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).