Q: Is 3,634,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,634,416 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 3,634,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 72 94 108 141 144 179 188 216 282 358 376 423 432 537 564 716 752 846 1,074 1,128 1,269 1,432 1,611 1,692 2,148 2,256 2,538 2,864 3,222 3,384 4,296 4,833 5,076 6,444 6,768 8,413 8,592 9,666 10,152 12,888 16,826 19,332 20,304 25,239 25,776 33,652 38,664 50,478 67,304 75,717 77,328 100,956 134,608 151,434 201,912 227,151 302,868 403,824 454,302 605,736 908,604 1,211,472 1,817,208 and 3,634,416, with no remainder.

Since 3,634,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,634,416, 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).