Q: Is 3,617,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,617,952 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 3,617,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 96 104 156 169 208 223 312 338 416 446 507 624 669 676 892 1,014 1,248 1,338 1,352 1,784 2,028 2,676 2,704 2,899 3,568 4,056 5,352 5,408 5,798 7,136 8,112 8,697 10,704 11,596 16,224 17,394 21,408 23,192 34,788 37,687 46,384 69,576 75,374 92,768 113,061 139,152 150,748 226,122 278,304 301,496 452,244 602,992 904,488 1,205,984 1,808,976 and 3,617,952, with no remainder.

Since 3,617,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,617,952, 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).