Q: Is 3,683,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,683,724 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 3,683,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 43 44 59 66 86 118 121 129 132 172 177 236 242 258 354 363 473 484 516 649 708 726 946 1,298 1,419 1,452 1,892 1,947 2,537 2,596 2,838 3,894 5,074 5,203 5,676 7,139 7,611 7,788 10,148 10,406 14,278 15,222 15,609 20,812 21,417 27,907 28,556 30,444 31,218 42,834 55,814 62,436 83,721 85,668 111,628 167,442 306,977 334,884 613,954 920,931 1,227,908 1,841,862 and 3,683,724, with no remainder.

Since 3,683,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,683,724, 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).