Q: Is 3,712,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,712,016 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 3,712,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 23 28 44 46 56 77 88 92 112 131 154 161 176 184 253 262 308 322 368 506 524 616 644 917 1,012 1,048 1,232 1,288 1,441 1,771 1,834 2,024 2,096 2,576 2,882 3,013 3,542 3,668 4,048 5,764 6,026 7,084 7,336 10,087 11,528 12,052 14,168 14,672 20,174 21,091 23,056 24,104 28,336 33,143 40,348 42,182 48,208 66,286 80,696 84,364 132,572 161,392 168,728 232,001 265,144 337,456 464,002 530,288 928,004 1,856,008 and 3,712,016, with no remainder.

Since 3,712,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,712,016, 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).