Q: Is 3,708,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,708,348 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 3,708,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 131 262 337 393 524 674 786 917 1,011 1,348 1,572 1,834 2,022 2,359 2,751 3,668 4,044 4,718 5,502 7,077 9,436 11,004 14,154 28,308 44,147 88,294 132,441 176,588 264,882 309,029 529,764 618,058 927,087 1,236,116 1,854,174 and 3,708,348, with no remainder.

Since 3,708,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,708,348, 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).