Q: Is 3,376,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,376,512 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 3,376,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 288 384 432 576 864 977 1,152 1,728 1,954 2,931 3,456 3,908 5,862 7,816 8,793 11,724 15,632 17,586 23,448 26,379 31,264 35,172 46,896 52,758 62,528 70,344 93,792 105,516 125,056 140,688 187,584 211,032 281,376 375,168 422,064 562,752 844,128 1,125,504 1,688,256 and 3,376,512, with no remainder.

Since 3,376,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,376,512, 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).