Q: Is 3,825,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,825,216 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 3,825,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 64 72 87 96 116 144 174 192 229 232 261 288 348 458 464 522 576 687 696 916 928 1,044 1,374 1,392 1,832 1,856 2,061 2,088 2,748 2,784 3,664 4,122 4,176 5,496 5,568 6,641 7,328 8,244 8,352 10,992 13,282 14,656 16,488 16,704 19,923 21,984 26,564 32,976 39,846 43,968 53,128 59,769 65,952 79,692 106,256 119,538 131,904 159,384 212,512 239,076 318,768 425,024 478,152 637,536 956,304 1,275,072 1,912,608 and 3,825,216, with no remainder.

Since 3,825,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,825,216, 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).