Q: Is 3,634,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,634,624 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 3,634,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 49 56 61 64 76 98 112 122 133 152 196 224 244 266 304 392 427 448 488 532 608 784 854 931 976 1,064 1,159 1,216 1,568 1,708 1,862 1,952 2,128 2,318 2,989 3,136 3,416 3,724 3,904 4,256 4,636 5,978 6,832 7,448 8,113 8,512 9,272 11,956 13,664 14,896 16,226 18,544 23,912 27,328 29,792 32,452 37,088 47,824 56,791 59,584 64,904 74,176 95,648 113,582 129,808 191,296 227,164 259,616 454,328 519,232 908,656 1,817,312 and 3,634,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,634,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,634,624, 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).