Q: Is 3,733,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,733,728 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 3,733,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 23 24 32 38 46 48 57 69 76 89 92 96 114 138 152 178 184 228 267 276 304 356 368 437 456 534 552 608 712 736 874 912 1,068 1,104 1,311 1,424 1,691 1,748 1,824 2,047 2,136 2,208 2,622 2,848 3,382 3,496 4,094 4,272 5,073 5,244 6,141 6,764 6,992 8,188 8,544 10,146 10,488 12,282 13,528 13,984 16,376 20,292 20,976 24,564 27,056 32,752 38,893 40,584 41,952 49,128 54,112 65,504 77,786 81,168 98,256 116,679 155,572 162,336 196,512 233,358 311,144 466,716 622,288 933,432 1,244,576 1,866,864 and 3,733,728, with no remainder.

Since 3,733,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,733,728, 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).