Q: Is 3,521,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,521,232 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 3,521,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 19 22 24 26 27 33 36 38 39 44 48 52 54 57 66 72 76 78 81 88 99 104 108 114 117 132 143 144 152 156 162 171 176 198 208 209 216 228 234 247 264 286 297 304 312 324 342 351 396 418 429 432 456 468 494 513 528 572 594 624 627 648 684 702 741 792 836 858 891 912 936 988 1,026 1,053 1,144 1,188 1,254 1,287 1,296 1,368 1,404 1,482 1,539 1,584 1,672 1,716 1,782 1,872 1,881 1,976 2,052 2,106 2,223 2,288 2,376 2,508 2,574 2,717 2,736 2,808 2,964 3,078 3,344 3,432 3,564 3,762 3,861 3,952 4,104 4,212 4,446 4,752 5,016 5,148 5,434 5,616 5,643 5,928 6,156 6,669 6,864 7,128 7,524 7,722 8,151 8,208 8,424 8,892 10,032 10,296 10,868 11,286 11,583 11,856 12,312 13,338 14,256 15,048 15,444 16,302 16,848 16,929 17,784 20,007 20,592 21,736 22,572 23,166 24,453 24,624 26,676 30,096 30,888 32,604 33,858 35,568 40,014 43,472 45,144 46,332 48,906 53,352 61,776 65,208 67,716 73,359 80,028 90,288 92,664 97,812 106,704 130,416 135,432 146,718 160,056 185,328 195,624 220,077 270,864 293,436 320,112 391,248 440,154 586,872 880,308 1,173,744 1,760,616 and 3,521,232, with no remainder.

Since 3,521,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,521,232, 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).