Q: Is 3,748,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,748,624 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 3,748,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 38 44 59 76 88 118 152 176 209 236 304 361 418 472 649 722 836 944 1,121 1,298 1,444 1,672 2,242 2,596 2,888 3,344 3,971 4,484 5,192 5,776 7,942 8,968 10,384 12,331 15,884 17,936 21,299 24,662 31,768 42,598 49,324 63,536 85,196 98,648 170,392 197,296 234,289 340,784 468,578 937,156 1,874,312 and 3,748,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,748,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,748,624, 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).