Q: Is 3,777,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,777,816 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 3,777,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 113 168 199 226 339 398 452 597 678 791 796 904 1,194 1,356 1,393 1,582 1,592 2,373 2,388 2,712 2,786 3,164 4,179 4,746 4,776 5,572 6,328 8,358 9,492 11,144 16,716 18,984 22,487 33,432 44,974 67,461 89,948 134,922 157,409 179,896 269,844 314,818 472,227 539,688 629,636 944,454 1,259,272 1,888,908 and 3,777,816, with no remainder.

Since 3,777,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,777,816, 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).