Q: Is 3,236,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,236,992 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 3,236,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 32 38 44 64 76 88 121 128 152 176 209 242 304 352 418 484 608 704 836 968 1,216 1,331 1,408 1,672 1,936 2,299 2,432 2,662 3,344 3,872 4,598 5,324 6,688 7,744 9,196 10,648 13,376 15,488 18,392 21,296 25,289 26,752 36,784 42,592 50,578 73,568 85,184 101,156 147,136 170,368 202,312 294,272 404,624 809,248 1,618,496 and 3,236,992, with no remainder.

Since 3,236,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,236,992, 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).