Q: Is 3,737,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,737,136 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 3,737,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 53 78 104 106 113 156 159 208 212 226 312 318 339 424 452 624 636 678 689 848 904 1,272 1,356 1,378 1,469 1,808 2,067 2,544 2,712 2,756 2,938 4,134 4,407 5,424 5,512 5,876 5,989 8,268 8,814 11,024 11,752 11,978 16,536 17,628 17,967 23,504 23,956 33,072 35,256 35,934 47,912 70,512 71,868 77,857 95,824 143,736 155,714 233,571 287,472 311,428 467,142 622,856 934,284 1,245,712 1,868,568 and 3,737,136, with no remainder.

Since 3,737,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,737,136, 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).