Q: Is 3,745,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,745,392 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 3,745,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 71 84 112 142 157 168 213 284 314 336 426 471 497 568 628 852 942 994 1,099 1,136 1,256 1,491 1,704 1,884 1,988 2,198 2,512 2,982 3,297 3,408 3,768 3,976 4,396 5,964 6,594 7,536 7,952 8,792 11,147 11,928 13,188 17,584 22,294 23,856 26,376 33,441 44,588 52,752 66,882 78,029 89,176 133,764 156,058 178,352 234,087 267,528 312,116 468,174 535,056 624,232 936,348 1,248,464 1,872,696 and 3,745,392, with no remainder.

Since 3,745,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,745,392, 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).