Q: Is 3,740,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,740,352 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 3,740,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 23 24 28 32 33 42 44 46 48 56 64 66 69 77 84 88 92 96 112 121 132 138 154 161 168 176 184 192 224 231 242 253 264 276 308 322 336 352 363 368 448 462 483 484 506 528 552 616 644 672 704 726 736 759 847 924 966 968 1,012 1,056 1,104 1,232 1,288 1,344 1,452 1,472 1,518 1,694 1,771 1,848 1,932 1,936 2,024 2,112 2,208 2,464 2,541 2,576 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,388 3,542 3,696 3,864 3,872 4,048 4,416 4,928 5,082 5,152 5,313 5,566 5,808 6,072 6,776 7,084 7,392 7,728 7,744 8,096 8,349 10,164 10,304 10,626 11,132 11,616 12,144 13,552 14,168 14,784 15,456 16,192 16,698 19,481 20,328 21,252 22,264 23,232 24,288 27,104 28,336 30,912 33,396 38,962 40,656 42,504 44,528 48,576 54,208 56,672 58,443 66,792 77,924 81,312 85,008 89,056 113,344 116,886 133,584 155,848 162,624 170,016 178,112 233,772 267,168 311,696 340,032 467,544 534,336 623,392 935,088 1,246,784 1,870,176 and 3,740,352, with no remainder.

Since 3,740,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,740,352, 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).