Q: Is 3,270,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,270,432 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 3,270,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 19 22 24 32 33 38 44 48 57 66 76 88 96 114 132 152 163 176 209 228 264 304 326 352 418 456 489 528 608 627 652 836 912 978 1,056 1,254 1,304 1,672 1,793 1,824 1,956 2,508 2,608 3,097 3,344 3,586 3,912 5,016 5,216 5,379 6,194 6,688 7,172 7,824 9,291 10,032 10,758 12,388 14,344 15,648 18,582 20,064 21,516 24,776 28,688 34,067 37,164 43,032 49,552 57,376 68,134 74,328 86,064 99,104 102,201 136,268 148,656 172,128 204,402 272,536 297,312 408,804 545,072 817,608 1,090,144 1,635,216 and 3,270,432, with no remainder.

Since 3,270,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,270,432, 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).