Q: Is 3,642,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,642,072 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 3,642,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 49 56 57 76 84 98 114 133 147 152 163 168 196 228 266 294 326 392 399 456 489 532 588 652 798 931 978 1,064 1,141 1,176 1,304 1,596 1,862 1,956 2,282 2,793 3,097 3,192 3,423 3,724 3,912 4,564 5,586 6,194 6,846 7,448 7,987 9,128 9,291 11,172 12,388 13,692 15,974 18,582 21,679 22,344 23,961 24,776 27,384 31,948 37,164 43,358 47,922 63,896 65,037 74,328 86,716 95,844 130,074 151,753 173,432 191,688 260,148 303,506 455,259 520,296 607,012 910,518 1,214,024 1,821,036 and 3,642,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,642,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,642,072, 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).