Q: Is 3,357,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,357,024 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 3,357,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 32 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 96 102 121 132 136 176 187 204 242 264 272 289 352 363 374 408 484 528 544 561 578 726 748 816 867 968 1,056 1,122 1,156 1,452 1,496 1,632 1,734 1,936 2,057 2,244 2,312 2,904 2,992 3,179 3,468 3,872 4,114 4,488 4,624 5,808 5,984 6,171 6,358 6,936 8,228 8,976 9,248 9,537 11,616 12,342 12,716 13,872 16,456 17,952 19,074 24,684 25,432 27,744 32,912 34,969 38,148 49,368 50,864 65,824 69,938 76,296 98,736 101,728 104,907 139,876 152,592 197,472 209,814 279,752 305,184 419,628 559,504 839,256 1,119,008 1,678,512 and 3,357,024, with no remainder.

Since 3,357,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,357,024, 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).