Q: Is 3,288,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,288,672 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 3,288,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 228 288 304 342 456 601 608 684 912 1,202 1,368 1,803 1,824 2,404 2,736 3,606 4,808 5,409 5,472 7,212 9,616 10,818 11,419 14,424 19,232 21,636 22,838 28,848 34,257 43,272 45,676 57,696 68,514 86,544 91,352 102,771 137,028 173,088 182,704 205,542 274,056 365,408 411,084 548,112 822,168 1,096,224 1,644,336 and 3,288,672, with no remainder.

Since 3,288,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,288,672, 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).