Q: Is 3,351,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,351,072 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 3,351,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 67 96 134 201 268 402 521 536 804 1,042 1,072 1,563 1,608 2,084 2,144 3,126 3,216 4,168 6,252 6,432 8,336 12,504 16,672 25,008 34,907 50,016 69,814 104,721 139,628 209,442 279,256 418,884 558,512 837,768 1,117,024 1,675,536 and 3,351,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,351,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,351,072, 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).