Q: Is 3,420,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,420,032 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 3,420,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 64 77 88 112 128 154 176 224 308 347 352 448 616 694 704 896 1,232 1,388 1,408 2,429 2,464 2,776 3,817 4,858 4,928 5,552 7,634 9,716 9,856 11,104 15,268 19,432 22,208 26,719 30,536 38,864 44,416 53,438 61,072 77,728 106,876 122,144 155,456 213,752 244,288 310,912 427,504 488,576 855,008 1,710,016 and 3,420,032, with no remainder.

Since 3,420,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,420,032, 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).