Q: Is 3,236,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,236,436 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 3,236,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 1,134 1,427 2,268 2,854 4,281 5,708 8,562 9,989 12,843 17,124 19,978 25,686 29,967 38,529 39,956 51,372 59,934 77,058 89,901 115,587 119,868 154,116 179,802 231,174 269,703 359,604 462,348 539,406 809,109 1,078,812 1,618,218 and 3,236,436, with no remainder.

Since 3,236,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,236,436, 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).