Q: Is 3,456,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,456,576 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 3,456,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 136 144 153 192 204 272 288 306 353 408 544 576 612 706 816 1,059 1,088 1,224 1,412 1,632 2,118 2,448 2,824 3,177 3,264 4,236 4,896 5,648 6,001 6,354 8,472 9,792 11,296 12,002 12,708 16,944 18,003 22,592 24,004 25,416 33,888 36,006 48,008 50,832 54,009 67,776 72,012 96,016 101,664 108,018 144,024 192,032 203,328 216,036 288,048 384,064 432,072 576,096 864,144 1,152,192 1,728,288 and 3,456,576, with no remainder.

Since 3,456,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,456,576, 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).