Q: Is 3,467,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,467,664 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 3,467,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 184 207 216 276 349 368 414 432 552 621 698 828 1,047 1,104 1,242 1,396 1,656 2,094 2,484 2,792 3,141 3,312 4,188 4,968 5,584 6,282 8,027 8,376 9,423 9,936 12,564 16,054 16,752 18,846 24,081 25,128 32,108 37,692 48,162 50,256 64,216 72,243 75,384 96,324 128,432 144,486 150,768 192,648 216,729 288,972 385,296 433,458 577,944 866,916 1,155,888 1,733,832 and 3,467,664, with no remainder.

Since 3,467,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,467,664, 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).