Q: Is 3,162,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,162,432 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 3,162,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 64 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 181 182 192 208 224 273 312 336 362 364 416 448 543 546 624 672 724 728 832 1,086 1,092 1,248 1,267 1,344 1,448 1,456 2,172 2,184 2,353 2,496 2,534 2,896 2,912 3,801 4,344 4,368 4,706 5,068 5,792 5,824 7,059 7,602 8,688 8,736 9,412 10,136 11,584 14,118 15,204 16,471 17,376 17,472 18,824 20,272 28,236 30,408 32,942 34,752 37,648 40,544 49,413 56,472 60,816 65,884 75,296 81,088 98,826 112,944 121,632 131,768 150,592 197,652 225,888 243,264 263,536 395,304 451,776 527,072 790,608 1,054,144 1,581,216 and 3,162,432, with no remainder.

Since 3,162,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,162,432, 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).