Q: Is 3,739,386 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,739,386 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 3,739,386 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 23 42 46 49 69 79 98 138 147 158 161 237 294 322 343 474 483 553 686 966 1,029 1,106 1,127 1,659 1,817 2,058 2,254 3,318 3,381 3,634 3,871 5,451 6,762 7,742 7,889 10,902 11,613 12,719 15,778 23,226 23,667 25,438 27,097 38,157 47,334 54,194 76,314 81,291 89,033 162,582 178,066 267,099 534,198 623,231 1,246,462 1,869,693 and 3,739,386, with no remainder.

Since 3,739,386 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,739,386, 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).