Q: Is 3,651,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,651,732 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 3,651,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 43 63 84 86 126 129 172 252 258 301 337 387 516 602 674 774 903 1,011 1,204 1,348 1,548 1,806 2,022 2,359 2,709 3,033 3,612 4,044 4,718 5,418 6,066 7,077 9,436 10,836 12,132 14,154 14,491 21,231 28,308 28,982 42,462 43,473 57,964 84,924 86,946 101,437 130,419 173,892 202,874 260,838 304,311 405,748 521,676 608,622 912,933 1,217,244 1,825,866 and 3,651,732, with no remainder.

Since 3,651,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,651,732, 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).