Q: Is 3,749,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,749,284 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 3,749,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 37 44 47 49 74 77 94 98 148 154 188 196 259 308 329 407 517 518 539 658 814 1,034 1,036 1,078 1,316 1,628 1,739 1,813 2,068 2,156 2,303 2,849 3,478 3,619 3,626 4,606 5,698 6,956 7,238 7,252 9,212 11,396 12,173 14,476 19,129 19,943 24,346 25,333 38,258 39,886 48,692 50,666 76,516 79,772 85,211 101,332 133,903 170,422 267,806 340,844 535,612 937,321 1,874,642 and 3,749,284, with no remainder.

Since 3,749,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,749,284, 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).