Q: Is 3,787,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,787,784 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 3,787,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 43 44 52 56 77 86 88 91 104 121 143 154 172 182 242 286 301 308 344 364 473 484 559 572 602 616 728 847 946 968 1,001 1,118 1,144 1,204 1,573 1,694 1,892 2,002 2,236 2,408 3,146 3,311 3,388 3,784 3,913 4,004 4,472 5,203 6,149 6,292 6,622 6,776 7,826 8,008 10,406 11,011 12,298 12,584 13,244 15,652 20,812 22,022 24,596 26,488 31,304 36,421 41,624 43,043 44,044 49,192 67,639 72,842 86,086 88,088 135,278 145,684 172,172 270,556 291,368 344,344 473,473 541,112 946,946 1,893,892 and 3,787,784, with no remainder.

Since 3,787,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,787,784, 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).