Q: Is 3,635,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,635,472 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 3,635,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 37 46 48 69 74 89 92 111 138 148 178 184 222 267 276 296 356 368 444 534 552 592 712 851 888 1,068 1,104 1,424 1,702 1,776 2,047 2,136 2,553 3,293 3,404 4,094 4,272 5,106 6,141 6,586 6,808 8,188 9,879 10,212 12,282 13,172 13,616 16,376 19,758 20,424 24,564 26,344 32,752 39,516 40,848 49,128 52,688 75,739 79,032 98,256 151,478 158,064 227,217 302,956 454,434 605,912 908,868 1,211,824 1,817,736 and 3,635,472, with no remainder.

Since 3,635,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,635,472, 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).