Q: Is 3,701,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,701,896 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 3,701,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 23 31 44 46 59 62 88 92 118 124 184 236 248 253 341 472 506 649 682 713 1,012 1,298 1,357 1,364 1,426 1,829 2,024 2,596 2,714 2,728 2,852 3,658 5,192 5,428 5,704 7,316 7,843 10,856 14,632 14,927 15,686 20,119 29,854 31,372 40,238 42,067 59,708 62,744 80,476 84,134 119,416 160,952 168,268 336,536 462,737 925,474 1,850,948 and 3,701,896, with no remainder.

Since 3,701,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,701,896, 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).