Q: Is 3,787,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,787,872 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 3,787,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 17 22 24 32 33 34 44 48 51 66 68 88 96 102 132 136 176 187 204 211 264 272 352 374 408 422 528 544 561 633 748 816 844 1,056 1,122 1,266 1,496 1,632 1,688 2,244 2,321 2,532 2,992 3,376 3,587 4,488 4,642 5,064 5,984 6,752 6,963 7,174 8,976 9,284 10,128 10,761 13,926 14,348 17,952 18,568 20,256 21,522 27,852 28,696 37,136 39,457 43,044 55,704 57,392 74,272 78,914 86,088 111,408 114,784 118,371 157,828 172,176 222,816 236,742 315,656 344,352 473,484 631,312 946,968 1,262,624 1,893,936 and 3,787,872, with no remainder.

Since 3,787,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,787,872, 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).