Q: Is 3,701,628 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,701,628 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 3,701,628 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 37 42 63 74 84 111 126 148 222 252 259 333 397 444 518 666 777 794 1,036 1,191 1,332 1,554 1,588 2,331 2,382 2,779 3,108 3,573 4,662 4,764 5,558 7,146 8,337 9,324 11,116 14,292 14,689 16,674 25,011 29,378 33,348 44,067 50,022 58,756 88,134 100,044 102,823 132,201 176,268 205,646 264,402 308,469 411,292 528,804 616,938 925,407 1,233,876 1,850,814 and 3,701,628, with no remainder.

Since 3,701,628 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,701,628, 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).