Q: Is 3,465,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,465,672 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 3,465,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 343 392 421 588 686 842 1,029 1,176 1,263 1,372 1,684 2,058 2,526 2,744 2,947 3,368 4,116 5,052 5,894 8,232 8,841 10,104 11,788 17,682 20,629 23,576 35,364 41,258 61,887 70,728 82,516 123,774 144,403 165,032 247,548 288,806 433,209 495,096 577,612 866,418 1,155,224 1,732,836 and 3,465,672, with no remainder.

Since 3,465,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,465,672, 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).