Q: Is 3,715,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,715,632 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 3,715,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 61 72 81 94 108 122 141 144 162 183 188 216 244 282 324 366 376 423 432 488 549 564 648 732 752 846 976 1,098 1,128 1,269 1,296 1,464 1,647 1,692 2,196 2,256 2,538 2,867 2,928 3,294 3,384 3,807 4,392 4,941 5,076 5,734 6,588 6,768 7,614 8,601 8,784 9,882 10,152 11,468 13,176 15,228 17,202 19,764 20,304 22,936 25,803 26,352 30,456 34,404 39,528 45,872 51,606 60,912 68,808 77,409 79,056 103,212 137,616 154,818 206,424 232,227 309,636 412,848 464,454 619,272 928,908 1,238,544 1,857,816 and 3,715,632, with no remainder.

Since 3,715,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,715,632, 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).