Q: Is 3,787,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,787,542 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 3,787,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 37 47 66 74 94 99 111 121 141 198 222 242 282 333 363 407 423 517 666 726 814 846 1,034 1,089 1,221 1,551 1,739 2,178 2,442 3,102 3,478 3,663 4,477 4,653 5,217 5,687 7,326 8,954 9,306 10,434 11,374 13,431 15,651 17,061 19,129 26,862 31,302 34,122 38,258 40,293 51,183 57,387 80,586 102,366 114,774 172,161 210,419 344,322 420,838 631,257 1,262,514 1,893,771 and 3,787,542, with no remainder.

Since 3,787,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,787,542, 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).