Q: Is 3,452,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,452,736 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 3,452,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 64 84 96 98 112 147 168 192 196 224 294 336 367 392 448 588 672 734 784 1,101 1,176 1,344 1,468 1,568 2,202 2,352 2,569 2,936 3,136 4,404 4,704 5,138 5,872 7,707 8,808 9,408 10,276 11,744 15,414 17,616 17,983 20,552 23,488 30,828 35,232 35,966 41,104 53,949 61,656 70,464 71,932 82,208 107,898 123,312 143,864 164,416 215,796 246,624 287,728 431,592 493,248 575,456 863,184 1,150,912 1,726,368 and 3,452,736, with no remainder.

Since 3,452,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,452,736, 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).