Q: Is 3,748,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,748,224 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 3,748,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 43 48 64 86 96 128 129 172 192 227 258 344 384 454 516 681 688 908 1,032 1,362 1,376 1,816 2,064 2,724 2,752 3,632 4,128 5,448 5,504 7,264 8,256 9,761 10,896 14,528 16,512 19,522 21,792 29,056 29,283 39,044 43,584 58,566 78,088 87,168 117,132 156,176 234,264 312,352 468,528 624,704 937,056 1,249,408 1,874,112 and 3,748,224, with no remainder.

Since 3,748,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,748,224, 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).