Q: Is 3,730,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,730,968 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 3,730,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 92 108 138 184 207 216 276 414 552 621 751 828 1,242 1,502 1,656 2,253 2,484 3,004 4,506 4,968 6,008 6,759 9,012 13,518 17,273 18,024 20,277 27,036 34,546 40,554 51,819 54,072 69,092 81,108 103,638 138,184 155,457 162,216 207,276 310,914 414,552 466,371 621,828 932,742 1,243,656 1,865,484 and 3,730,968, with no remainder.

Since 3,730,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,730,968, 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).