Q: Is 3,703,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,703,824 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 3,703,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 68 72 89 102 136 144 153 178 204 267 272 289 306 356 408 534 578 612 712 801 816 867 1,068 1,156 1,224 1,424 1,513 1,602 1,734 2,136 2,312 2,448 2,601 3,026 3,204 3,468 4,272 4,539 4,624 5,202 6,052 6,408 6,936 9,078 10,404 12,104 12,816 13,617 13,872 18,156 20,808 24,208 25,721 27,234 36,312 41,616 51,442 54,468 72,624 77,163 102,884 108,936 154,326 205,768 217,872 231,489 308,652 411,536 462,978 617,304 925,956 1,234,608 1,851,912 and 3,703,824, with no remainder.

Since 3,703,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,703,824, 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).