Q: Is 3,376,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,376,728 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 3,376,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 193 216 243 324 386 486 579 648 729 772 972 1,158 1,458 1,544 1,737 1,944 2,187 2,316 2,916 3,474 4,374 4,632 5,211 5,832 6,948 8,748 10,422 13,896 15,633 17,496 20,844 31,266 41,688 46,899 62,532 93,798 125,064 140,697 187,596 281,394 375,192 422,091 562,788 844,182 1,125,576 1,688,364 and 3,376,728, with no remainder.

Since 3,376,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,376,728, 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).