Q: Is 3,717,798 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,717,798 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 3,717,798 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 41 42 51 82 102 119 123 127 238 246 254 287 357 381 574 697 714 762 861 889 1,394 1,722 1,778 2,091 2,159 2,667 4,182 4,318 4,879 5,207 5,334 6,477 9,758 10,414 12,954 14,637 15,113 15,621 29,274 30,226 31,242 36,449 45,339 72,898 88,519 90,678 109,347 177,038 218,694 265,557 531,114 619,633 1,239,266 1,858,899 and 3,717,798, with no remainder.

Since 3,717,798 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,717,798, 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).