Q: Is 3,432,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,432,672 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 3,432,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 48 54 58 72 87 96 108 116 137 144 174 216 232 261 274 288 348 411 432 464 522 548 696 783 822 864 928 1,044 1,096 1,233 1,392 1,566 1,644 2,088 2,192 2,466 2,784 3,132 3,288 3,699 3,973 4,176 4,384 4,932 6,264 6,576 7,398 7,946 8,352 9,864 11,919 12,528 13,152 14,796 15,892 19,728 23,838 25,056 29,592 31,784 35,757 39,456 47,676 59,184 63,568 71,514 95,352 107,271 118,368 127,136 143,028 190,704 214,542 286,056 381,408 429,084 572,112 858,168 1,144,224 1,716,336 and 3,432,672, with no remainder.

Since 3,432,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,432,672, 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).