Q: Is 3,361,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,361,632 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 3,361,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 76 96 97 114 152 194 228 291 304 361 388 456 582 608 722 776 912 1,083 1,164 1,444 1,552 1,824 1,843 2,166 2,328 2,888 3,104 3,686 4,332 4,656 5,529 5,776 7,372 8,664 9,312 11,058 11,552 14,744 17,328 22,116 29,488 34,656 35,017 44,232 58,976 70,034 88,464 105,051 140,068 176,928 210,102 280,136 420,204 560,272 840,408 1,120,544 1,680,816 and 3,361,632, with no remainder.

Since 3,361,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,361,632, 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).