Q: Is 3,487,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,487,232 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 3,487,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 64 98 112 128 139 196 224 256 278 392 448 512 556 784 896 973 1,112 1,568 1,792 1,946 2,224 3,136 3,584 3,892 4,448 6,272 6,811 7,784 8,896 12,544 13,622 15,568 17,792 25,088 27,244 31,136 35,584 54,488 62,272 71,168 108,976 124,544 217,952 249,088 435,904 498,176 871,808 1,743,616 and 3,487,232, with no remainder.

Since 3,487,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,487,232, 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).