Q: Is 3,704,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,704,112 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 3,704,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 36 48 58 72 87 116 144 174 232 261 348 464 522 696 887 1,044 1,392 1,774 2,088 2,661 3,548 4,176 5,322 7,096 7,983 10,644 14,192 15,966 21,288 25,723 31,932 42,576 51,446 63,864 77,169 102,892 127,728 154,338 205,784 231,507 308,676 411,568 463,014 617,352 926,028 1,234,704 1,852,056 and 3,704,112, with no remainder.

Since 3,704,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,704,112, 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).