Q: Is 3,675,132 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,675,132 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 3,675,132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 76 81 108 114 162 171 199 228 243 324 342 398 486 513 597 684 796 972 1,026 1,194 1,539 1,791 2,052 2,388 3,078 3,582 3,781 4,617 5,373 6,156 7,164 7,562 9,234 10,746 11,343 15,124 16,119 18,468 21,492 22,686 32,238 34,029 45,372 48,357 64,476 68,058 96,714 102,087 136,116 193,428 204,174 306,261 408,348 612,522 918,783 1,225,044 1,837,566 and 3,675,132, with no remainder.

Since 3,675,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,675,132, 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).