Q: Is 3,752,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,752,424 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 3,752,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 36 38 39 52 57 72 76 78 104 114 117 152 156 171 211 228 234 247 312 342 422 456 468 494 633 684 741 844 936 988 1,266 1,368 1,482 1,688 1,899 1,976 2,223 2,532 2,743 2,964 3,798 4,009 4,446 5,064 5,486 5,928 7,596 8,018 8,229 8,892 10,972 12,027 15,192 16,036 16,458 17,784 21,944 24,054 24,687 32,072 32,916 36,081 48,108 49,374 52,117 65,832 72,162 96,216 98,748 104,234 144,324 156,351 197,496 208,468 288,648 312,702 416,936 469,053 625,404 938,106 1,250,808 1,876,212 and 3,752,424, with no remainder.

Since 3,752,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,752,424, 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).