Q: Is 3,232,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,232,432 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 3,232,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 31 38 49 56 62 76 98 112 124 133 152 196 217 248 266 304 343 392 434 496 532 589 686 784 868 931 1,064 1,178 1,372 1,519 1,736 1,862 2,128 2,356 2,744 3,038 3,472 3,724 4,123 4,712 5,488 6,076 6,517 7,448 8,246 9,424 10,633 12,152 13,034 14,896 16,492 21,266 24,304 26,068 28,861 32,984 42,532 52,136 57,722 65,968 85,064 104,272 115,444 170,128 202,027 230,888 404,054 461,776 808,108 1,616,216 and 3,232,432, with no remainder.

Since 3,232,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,232,432, 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).