Q: Is 3,292,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,292,632 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 3,292,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 56 63 72 84 94 126 139 141 168 188 252 278 282 329 376 417 423 504 556 564 658 834 846 973 987 1,112 1,128 1,251 1,316 1,668 1,692 1,946 1,974 2,502 2,632 2,919 2,961 3,336 3,384 3,892 3,948 5,004 5,838 5,922 6,533 7,784 7,896 8,757 10,008 11,676 11,844 13,066 17,514 19,599 23,352 23,688 26,132 35,028 39,198 45,731 52,264 58,797 70,056 78,396 91,462 117,594 137,193 156,792 182,924 235,188 274,386 365,848 411,579 470,376 548,772 823,158 1,097,544 1,646,316 and 3,292,632, with no remainder.

Since 3,292,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,292,632, 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).