Q: Is 3,235,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,235,428 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 3,235,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 37 42 63 74 84 111 126 148 222 252 259 333 347 444 518 666 694 777 1,036 1,041 1,332 1,388 1,554 2,082 2,331 2,429 3,108 3,123 4,164 4,662 4,858 6,246 7,287 9,324 9,716 12,492 12,839 14,574 21,861 25,678 29,148 38,517 43,722 51,356 77,034 87,444 89,873 115,551 154,068 179,746 231,102 269,619 359,492 462,204 539,238 808,857 1,078,476 1,617,714 and 3,235,428, with no remainder.

Since 3,235,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,235,428, 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).