Q: Is 3,236,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,236,464 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 3,236,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 37 44 56 71 74 77 88 112 142 148 154 176 259 284 296 308 407 497 518 568 592 616 781 814 994 1,036 1,136 1,232 1,562 1,628 1,988 2,072 2,627 2,849 3,124 3,256 3,976 4,144 5,254 5,467 5,698 6,248 6,512 7,952 10,508 10,934 11,396 12,496 18,389 21,016 21,868 22,792 28,897 36,778 42,032 43,736 45,584 57,794 73,556 87,472 115,588 147,112 202,279 231,176 294,224 404,558 462,352 809,116 1,618,232 and 3,236,464, with no remainder.

Since 3,236,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,236,464, 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).