Q: Is 3,720,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,720,552 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 3,720,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 33 34 44 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 187 204 264 374 408 561 748 829 1,122 1,496 1,658 2,244 2,487 3,316 4,488 4,974 6,632 9,119 9,948 14,093 18,238 19,896 27,357 28,186 36,476 42,279 54,714 56,372 72,952 84,558 109,428 112,744 155,023 169,116 218,856 310,046 338,232 465,069 620,092 930,138 1,240,184 1,860,276 and 3,720,552, with no remainder.

Since 3,720,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,720,552, 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).