Q: Is 3,677,856 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,677,856 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 3,677,856 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 364 416 421 546 624 672 728 842 1,092 1,248 1,263 1,456 1,684 2,184 2,526 2,912 2,947 3,368 4,368 5,052 5,473 5,894 6,736 8,736 8,841 10,104 10,946 11,788 13,472 16,419 17,682 20,208 21,892 23,576 32,838 35,364 38,311 40,416 43,784 47,152 65,676 70,728 76,622 87,568 94,304 114,933 131,352 141,456 153,244 175,136 229,866 262,704 282,912 306,488 459,732 525,408 612,976 919,464 1,225,952 1,838,928 and 3,677,856, with no remainder.

Since 3,677,856 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,677,856, 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).