Q: Is 3,724,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,724,812 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 3,724,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 84 91 108 117 126 156 182 189 234 252 273 351 364 378 379 468 546 702 756 758 819 1,092 1,137 1,404 1,516 1,638 2,274 2,457 2,653 3,276 3,411 4,548 4,914 4,927 5,306 6,822 7,959 9,828 9,854 10,233 10,612 13,644 14,781 15,918 19,708 20,466 23,877 29,562 31,836 34,489 40,932 44,343 47,754 59,124 68,978 71,631 88,686 95,508 103,467 133,029 137,956 143,262 177,372 206,934 266,058 286,524 310,401 413,868 532,116 620,802 931,203 1,241,604 1,862,406 and 3,724,812, with no remainder.

Since 3,724,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,724,812, 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).