Q: Is 3,638,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,638,784 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 3,638,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 46 48 64 69 92 96 103 128 138 184 192 206 256 276 309 368 384 412 512 552 618 736 768 824 1,104 1,236 1,472 1,536 1,648 2,208 2,369 2,472 2,944 3,296 4,416 4,738 4,944 5,888 6,592 7,107 8,832 9,476 9,888 11,776 13,184 14,214 17,664 18,952 19,776 26,368 28,428 35,328 37,904 39,552 52,736 56,856 75,808 79,104 113,712 151,616 158,208 227,424 303,232 454,848 606,464 909,696 1,212,928 1,819,392 and 3,638,784, with no remainder.

Since 3,638,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,638,784, 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).