Q: Is 3,708,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,708,584 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 3,708,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 17 22 34 37 44 67 68 74 88 134 136 148 187 268 296 374 407 536 629 737 748 814 1,139 1,258 1,474 1,496 1,628 2,278 2,479 2,516 2,948 3,256 4,556 4,958 5,032 5,896 6,919 9,112 9,916 12,529 13,838 19,832 25,058 27,269 27,676 42,143 50,116 54,538 55,352 84,286 100,232 109,076 168,572 218,152 337,144 463,573 927,146 1,854,292 and 3,708,584, with no remainder.

Since 3,708,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,708,584, 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).