Q: Is 3,746,358 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,746,358 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 3,746,358 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 17 18 21 22 27 33 34 42 51 53 54 63 66 77 99 102 106 119 126 153 154 159 187 189 198 231 238 297 306 318 357 371 374 378 459 462 477 561 583 594 693 714 742 901 918 954 1,071 1,113 1,122 1,166 1,309 1,386 1,431 1,683 1,749 1,802 2,079 2,142 2,226 2,618 2,703 2,862 3,213 3,339 3,366 3,498 3,927 4,081 4,158 5,049 5,247 5,406 6,307 6,426 6,678 7,854 8,109 8,162 9,911 10,017 10,098 10,494 11,781 12,243 12,614 15,741 16,218 18,921 19,822 20,034 23,562 24,327 24,486 29,733 31,482 35,343 36,729 37,842 48,654 56,763 59,466 69,377 70,686 73,458 89,199 110,187 113,526 138,754 170,289 178,398 208,131 220,374 267,597 340,578 416,262 535,194 624,393 1,248,786 1,873,179 and 3,746,358, with no remainder.

Since 3,746,358 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,746,358, 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).