Q: Is 3,722,922 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,722,922 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 3,722,922 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 67 81 98 126 134 147 162 189 201 294 343 378 402 441 469 567 603 686 882 938 1,029 1,134 1,206 1,323 1,407 1,809 2,058 2,646 2,814 3,087 3,283 3,618 3,969 4,221 5,427 6,174 6,566 7,938 8,442 9,261 9,849 10,854 12,663 18,522 19,698 22,981 25,326 27,783 29,547 37,989 45,962 55,566 59,094 68,943 75,978 88,641 137,886 177,282 206,829 265,923 413,658 531,846 620,487 1,240,974 1,861,461 and 3,722,922, with no remainder.

Since 3,722,922 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,722,922, 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).