Q: Is 3,351,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,351,216 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 3,351,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 121 132 176 242 264 363 484 528 577 726 968 1,154 1,452 1,731 1,936 2,308 2,904 3,462 4,616 5,808 6,347 6,924 9,232 12,694 13,848 19,041 25,388 27,696 38,082 50,776 69,817 76,164 101,552 139,634 152,328 209,451 279,268 304,656 418,902 558,536 837,804 1,117,072 1,675,608 and 3,351,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,351,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,351,216, 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).