Q: Is 3,599,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,599,472 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 3,599,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 41 48 59 62 82 93 118 123 124 164 177 186 236 246 248 328 354 372 472 492 496 656 708 744 944 984 1,271 1,416 1,488 1,829 1,968 2,419 2,542 2,832 3,658 3,813 4,838 5,084 5,487 7,257 7,316 7,626 9,676 10,168 10,974 14,514 14,632 15,252 19,352 20,336 21,948 29,028 29,264 30,504 38,704 43,896 58,056 61,008 74,989 87,792 116,112 149,978 224,967 299,956 449,934 599,912 899,868 1,199,824 1,799,736 and 3,599,472, with no remainder.

Since 3,599,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,599,472, 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).