Q: Is 3,748,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,748,470 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 3,748,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 37 55 66 74 110 111 165 185 222 307 330 370 407 555 614 814 921 1,110 1,221 1,535 1,842 2,035 2,442 3,070 3,377 4,070 4,605 6,105 6,754 9,210 10,131 11,359 12,210 16,885 20,262 22,718 33,770 34,077 50,655 56,795 68,154 101,310 113,590 124,949 170,385 249,898 340,770 374,847 624,745 749,694 1,249,490 1,874,235 and 3,748,470, with no remainder.

Since 3,748,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,748,470, 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).