Q: Is 3,649,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,649,752 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 3,649,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 61 72 108 122 183 216 244 277 366 488 549 554 732 831 1,098 1,108 1,464 1,647 1,662 2,196 2,216 2,493 3,294 3,324 4,392 4,986 6,588 6,648 7,479 9,972 13,176 14,958 16,897 19,944 29,916 33,794 50,691 59,832 67,588 101,382 135,176 152,073 202,764 304,146 405,528 456,219 608,292 912,438 1,216,584 1,824,876 and 3,649,752, with no remainder.

Since 3,649,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,649,752, 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).