Q: Is 3,787,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,787,308 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 3,787,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 19 21 28 36 38 42 49 57 63 76 84 98 113 114 126 133 147 171 196 226 228 252 266 294 339 342 399 441 452 532 588 678 684 791 798 882 931 1,017 1,197 1,356 1,582 1,596 1,764 1,862 2,034 2,147 2,373 2,394 2,793 3,164 3,724 4,068 4,294 4,746 4,788 5,537 5,586 6,441 7,119 8,379 8,588 9,492 11,074 11,172 12,882 14,238 15,029 16,611 16,758 19,323 22,148 25,764 28,476 30,058 33,222 33,516 38,646 45,087 49,833 60,116 66,444 77,292 90,174 99,666 105,203 135,261 180,348 199,332 210,406 270,522 315,609 420,812 541,044 631,218 946,827 1,262,436 1,893,654 and 3,787,308, with no remainder.

Since 3,787,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,787,308, 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).