Q: Is 3,737,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,737,888 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 3,737,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 37 41 44 56 74 77 82 88 112 148 154 164 176 224 259 287 296 308 328 352 407 451 518 574 592 616 656 814 902 1,036 1,148 1,184 1,232 1,312 1,517 1,628 1,804 2,072 2,296 2,464 2,849 3,034 3,157 3,256 3,608 4,144 4,592 5,698 6,068 6,314 6,512 7,216 8,288 9,184 10,619 11,396 12,136 12,628 13,024 14,432 16,687 21,238 22,792 24,272 25,256 33,374 42,476 45,584 48,544 50,512 66,748 84,952 91,168 101,024 116,809 133,496 169,904 233,618 266,992 339,808 467,236 533,984 934,472 1,868,944 and 3,737,888, with no remainder.

Since 3,737,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,737,888, 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).