Q: Is 3,385,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,385,152 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 3,385,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 288 324 432 576 648 653 864 1,296 1,306 1,728 1,959 2,592 2,612 3,918 5,184 5,224 5,877 7,836 10,448 11,754 15,672 17,631 20,896 23,508 31,344 35,262 41,792 47,016 52,893 62,688 70,524 94,032 105,786 125,376 141,048 188,064 211,572 282,096 376,128 423,144 564,192 846,288 1,128,384 1,692,576 and 3,385,152, with no remainder.

Since 3,385,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,385,152, 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).