Q: Is 3,748,396 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,748,396 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 3,748,396 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 31 37 38 43 62 74 76 86 124 148 172 589 703 817 1,147 1,178 1,333 1,406 1,591 1,634 2,294 2,356 2,666 2,812 3,182 3,268 4,588 5,332 6,364 21,793 25,327 30,229 43,586 49,321 50,654 60,458 87,172 98,642 101,308 120,916 197,284 937,099 1,874,198 and 3,748,396, with no remainder.

Since 3,748,396 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,748,396, 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).