Q: Is 3,738,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,738,480 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 3,738,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 37 40 48 60 74 80 111 120 148 185 222 240 296 370 421 444 555 592 740 842 888 1,110 1,263 1,480 1,684 1,776 2,105 2,220 2,526 2,960 3,368 4,210 4,440 5,052 6,315 6,736 8,420 8,880 10,104 12,630 15,577 16,840 20,208 25,260 31,154 33,680 46,731 50,520 62,308 77,885 93,462 101,040 124,616 155,770 186,924 233,655 249,232 311,540 373,848 467,310 623,080 747,696 934,620 1,246,160 1,869,240 and 3,738,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,738,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,738,480, 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).