Q: Is 3,718,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,718,176 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 3,718,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 503 528 616 672 924 1,006 1,056 1,232 1,509 1,848 2,012 2,464 3,018 3,521 3,696 4,024 5,533 6,036 7,042 7,392 8,048 10,563 11,066 12,072 14,084 16,096 16,599 21,126 22,132 24,144 28,168 33,198 38,731 42,252 44,264 48,288 56,336 66,396 77,462 84,504 88,528 112,672 116,193 132,792 154,924 169,008 177,056 232,386 265,584 309,848 338,016 464,772 531,168 619,696 929,544 1,239,392 1,859,088 and 3,718,176, with no remainder.

Since 3,718,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,718,176, 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).