Q: Is 3,730,356 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,730,356 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 3,730,356 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 113 126 131 226 252 262 339 393 452 524 678 786 791 917 1,017 1,179 1,356 1,572 1,582 1,834 2,034 2,358 2,373 2,751 3,164 3,668 4,068 4,716 4,746 5,502 7,119 8,253 9,492 11,004 14,238 14,803 16,506 28,476 29,606 33,012 44,409 59,212 88,818 103,621 133,227 177,636 207,242 266,454 310,863 414,484 532,908 621,726 932,589 1,243,452 1,865,178 and 3,730,356, with no remainder.

Since 3,730,356 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,730,356, 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).