Q: Is 3,272,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,272,832 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 3,272,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 288 384 432 576 864 947 1,152 1,728 1,894 2,841 3,456 3,788 5,682 7,576 8,523 11,364 15,152 17,046 22,728 25,569 30,304 34,092 45,456 51,138 60,608 68,184 90,912 102,276 121,216 136,368 181,824 204,552 272,736 363,648 409,104 545,472 818,208 1,090,944 1,636,416 and 3,272,832, with no remainder.

Since 3,272,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,272,832, 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).