Q: Is 3,198,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,198,672 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 3,198,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 97 144 194 229 291 388 458 582 687 776 873 916 1,164 1,374 1,552 1,746 1,832 2,061 2,328 2,748 3,492 3,664 4,122 4,656 5,496 6,984 8,244 10,992 13,968 16,488 22,213 32,976 44,426 66,639 88,852 133,278 177,704 199,917 266,556 355,408 399,834 533,112 799,668 1,066,224 1,599,336 and 3,198,672, with no remainder.

Since 3,198,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,198,672, 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).