Q: Is 3,677,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,677,568 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 3,677,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 61 64 96 122 128 157 183 192 244 314 366 384 471 488 628 732 942 976 1,256 1,464 1,884 1,952 2,512 2,928 3,768 3,904 5,024 5,856 7,536 7,808 9,577 10,048 11,712 15,072 19,154 20,096 23,424 28,731 30,144 38,308 57,462 60,288 76,616 114,924 153,232 229,848 306,464 459,696 612,928 919,392 1,225,856 1,838,784 and 3,677,568, with no remainder.

Since 3,677,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,677,568, 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).