Q: Is 3,735,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,735,072 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 3,735,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 96 99 108 131 132 144 162 176 198 216 262 264 288 297 324 352 393 396 432 524 528 594 648 786 792 864 891 1,048 1,056 1,179 1,188 1,296 1,441 1,572 1,584 1,782 2,096 2,358 2,376 2,592 2,882 3,144 3,168 3,537 3,564 4,192 4,323 4,716 4,752 5,764 6,288 7,074 7,128 8,646 9,432 9,504 10,611 11,528 12,576 12,969 14,148 14,256 17,292 18,864 21,222 23,056 25,938 28,296 28,512 34,584 37,728 38,907 42,444 46,112 51,876 56,592 69,168 77,814 84,888 103,752 113,184 116,721 138,336 155,628 169,776 207,504 233,442 311,256 339,552 415,008 466,884 622,512 933,768 1,245,024 1,867,536 and 3,735,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,735,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,735,072, 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).