Q: Is 3,777,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,777,536 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 3,777,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 31 32 34 56 62 64 68 112 119 124 128 136 217 224 238 248 256 272 434 448 476 496 512 527 544 868 896 952 992 1,024 1,054 1,088 1,736 1,792 1,904 1,984 2,108 2,176 3,472 3,584 3,689 3,808 3,968 4,216 4,352 6,944 7,168 7,378 7,616 7,936 8,432 8,704 13,888 14,756 15,232 15,872 16,864 17,408 27,776 29,512 30,464 31,744 33,728 55,552 59,024 60,928 67,456 111,104 118,048 121,856 134,912 222,208 236,096 269,824 472,192 539,648 944,384 1,888,768 and 3,777,536, with no remainder.

Since 3,777,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,777,536, 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).