Q: Is 3,464,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,464,832 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 3,464,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,289 1,344 2,578 2,688 3,867 5,156 7,734 9,023 10,312 15,468 18,046 20,624 27,069 30,936 36,092 41,248 54,138 61,872 72,184 82,496 108,276 123,744 144,368 164,992 216,552 247,488 288,736 433,104 494,976 577,472 866,208 1,154,944 1,732,416 and 3,464,832, with no remainder.

Since 3,464,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,464,832, 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).