Q: Is 3,632,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,632,928 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 3,632,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 41 48 52 71 78 82 96 104 123 142 156 164 208 213 246 284 312 328 416 426 492 533 568 624 656 852 923 984 1,066 1,136 1,248 1,312 1,599 1,704 1,846 1,968 2,132 2,272 2,769 2,911 3,198 3,408 3,692 3,936 4,264 5,538 5,822 6,396 6,816 7,384 8,528 8,733 11,076 11,644 12,792 14,768 17,056 17,466 22,152 23,288 25,584 29,536 34,932 37,843 44,304 46,576 51,168 69,864 75,686 88,608 93,152 113,529 139,728 151,372 227,058 279,456 302,744 454,116 605,488 908,232 1,210,976 1,816,464 and 3,632,928, with no remainder.

Since 3,632,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,632,928, 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).