Q: Is 3,777,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,777,504 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 3,777,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 76 96 109 114 152 218 228 304 327 361 436 456 608 654 722 872 912 1,083 1,308 1,444 1,744 1,824 2,071 2,166 2,616 2,888 3,488 4,142 4,332 5,232 5,776 6,213 8,284 8,664 10,464 11,552 12,426 16,568 17,328 24,852 33,136 34,656 39,349 49,704 66,272 78,698 99,408 118,047 157,396 198,816 236,094 314,792 472,188 629,584 944,376 1,259,168 1,888,752 and 3,777,504, with no remainder.

Since 3,777,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,777,504, 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).