Q: Is 3,637,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,637,152 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 3,637,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 144 146 173 219 288 292 346 438 519 584 657 692 876 1,038 1,168 1,314 1,384 1,557 1,752 2,076 2,336 2,628 2,768 3,114 3,504 4,152 5,256 5,536 6,228 7,008 8,304 10,512 12,456 12,629 16,608 21,024 24,912 25,258 37,887 49,824 50,516 75,774 101,032 113,661 151,548 202,064 227,322 303,096 404,128 454,644 606,192 909,288 1,212,384 1,818,576 and 3,637,152, with no remainder.

Since 3,637,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,637,152, 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).