Q: Is 3,731,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,731,712 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 3,731,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 43 48 64 86 96 113 128 129 172 192 226 256 258 339 344 384 452 516 678 688 768 904 1,032 1,356 1,376 1,808 2,064 2,712 2,752 3,616 4,128 4,859 5,424 5,504 7,232 8,256 9,718 10,848 11,008 14,464 14,577 16,512 19,436 21,696 28,928 29,154 33,024 38,872 43,392 58,308 77,744 86,784 116,616 155,488 233,232 310,976 466,464 621,952 932,928 1,243,904 1,865,856 and 3,731,712, with no remainder.

Since 3,731,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,731,712, 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).