Q: Is 3,655,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,655,272 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 3,655,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 31 34 51 62 68 93 102 124 136 186 204 248 289 372 408 527 578 744 867 1,054 1,156 1,581 1,734 2,108 2,312 3,162 3,468 4,216 4,913 6,324 6,936 8,959 9,826 12,648 14,739 17,918 19,652 26,877 29,478 35,836 39,304 53,754 58,956 71,672 107,508 117,912 152,303 215,016 304,606 456,909 609,212 913,818 1,218,424 1,827,636 and 3,655,272, with no remainder.

Since 3,655,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,655,272, 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).