Q: Is 3,782,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,782,496 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 3,782,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 32 41 48 62 82 93 96 123 124 164 186 246 248 328 372 492 496 656 744 961 984 992 1,271 1,312 1,488 1,922 1,968 2,542 2,883 2,976 3,813 3,844 3,936 5,084 5,766 7,626 7,688 10,168 11,532 15,252 15,376 20,336 23,064 30,504 30,752 39,401 40,672 46,128 61,008 78,802 92,256 118,203 122,016 157,604 236,406 315,208 472,812 630,416 945,624 1,260,832 1,891,248 and 3,782,496, with no remainder.

Since 3,782,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,782,496, 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).