Q: Is 3,837,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,837,696 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 3,837,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 128 152 192 228 256 263 304 384 456 526 608 768 789 912 1,052 1,216 1,578 1,824 2,104 2,432 3,156 3,648 4,208 4,864 4,997 6,312 7,296 8,416 9,994 12,624 14,592 14,991 16,832 19,988 25,248 29,982 33,664 39,976 50,496 59,964 67,328 79,952 100,992 119,928 159,904 201,984 239,856 319,808 479,712 639,616 959,424 1,279,232 1,918,848 and 3,837,696, with no remainder.

Since 3,837,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,837,696, 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).