Q: Is 3,727,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,727,284 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 3,727,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 17 22 33 34 44 51 66 68 102 121 132 151 187 204 242 302 363 374 453 484 561 604 726 748 906 1,122 1,452 1,661 1,812 2,057 2,244 2,567 3,322 4,114 4,983 5,134 6,171 6,644 7,701 8,228 9,966 10,268 12,342 15,402 18,271 19,932 24,684 28,237 30,804 36,542 54,813 56,474 73,084 84,711 109,626 112,948 169,422 219,252 310,607 338,844 621,214 931,821 1,242,428 1,863,642 and 3,727,284, with no remainder.

Since 3,727,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,727,284, 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).