Q: Is 3,336,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,336,216 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 3,336,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 17 24 26 34 37 39 51 52 68 74 78 102 104 111 136 148 156 204 221 222 289 296 312 408 442 444 481 578 629 663 867 884 888 962 1,156 1,258 1,326 1,443 1,734 1,768 1,887 1,924 2,312 2,516 2,652 2,886 3,468 3,757 3,774 3,848 5,032 5,304 5,772 6,936 7,514 7,548 8,177 10,693 11,271 11,544 15,028 15,096 16,354 21,386 22,542 24,531 30,056 32,079 32,708 42,772 45,084 49,062 64,158 65,416 85,544 90,168 98,124 128,316 139,009 196,248 256,632 278,018 417,027 556,036 834,054 1,112,072 1,668,108 and 3,336,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,336,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,336,216, 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).