Q: Is 3,267,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,267,656 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 3,267,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 23 28 43 46 56 59 86 92 118 161 172 184 236 301 322 344 413 472 602 644 826 989 1,204 1,288 1,357 1,652 1,978 2,408 2,537 2,714 3,304 3,956 5,074 5,428 6,923 7,912 9,499 10,148 10,856 13,846 17,759 18,998 20,296 27,692 35,518 37,996 55,384 58,351 71,036 75,992 116,702 142,072 233,404 408,457 466,808 816,914 1,633,828 and 3,267,656, with no remainder.

Since 3,267,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,267,656, 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).