Q: Is 3,718,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,718,728 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 3,718,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 29 36 39 52 58 72 78 87 104 116 117 137 156 174 232 234 261 274 312 348 377 411 468 522 548 696 754 822 936 1,044 1,096 1,131 1,233 1,508 1,644 1,781 2,088 2,262 2,466 3,016 3,288 3,393 3,562 3,973 4,524 4,932 5,343 6,786 7,124 7,946 9,048 9,864 10,686 11,919 13,572 14,248 15,892 16,029 21,372 23,838 27,144 31,784 32,058 35,757 42,744 47,676 51,649 64,116 71,514 95,352 103,298 128,232 143,028 154,947 206,596 286,056 309,894 413,192 464,841 619,788 929,682 1,239,576 1,859,364 and 3,718,728, with no remainder.

Since 3,718,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,718,728, 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).