Q: Is 3,202,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,202,304 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 3,202,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 224 256 448 896 1,787 1,792 3,574 7,148 12,509 14,296 25,018 28,592 50,036 57,184 100,072 114,368 200,144 228,736 400,288 457,472 800,576 1,601,152 and 3,202,304, with no remainder.

Since 3,202,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,202,304, 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).