Q: Is 3,674,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,674,748 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 3,674,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 41 42 44 66 77 82 84 97 123 132 154 164 194 231 246 287 291 308 388 451 462 492 574 582 679 861 902 924 1,067 1,148 1,164 1,353 1,358 1,722 1,804 2,037 2,134 2,706 2,716 3,157 3,201 3,444 3,977 4,074 4,268 5,412 6,314 6,402 7,469 7,954 8,148 9,471 11,931 12,628 12,804 14,938 15,908 18,942 22,407 23,862 27,839 29,876 37,884 43,747 44,814 47,724 55,678 83,517 87,494 89,628 111,356 131,241 167,034 174,988 262,482 306,229 334,068 524,964 612,458 918,687 1,224,916 1,837,374 and 3,674,748, with no remainder.

Since 3,674,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,674,748, 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).