Q: Is 3,847,338 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,847,338 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 3,847,338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 17 18 22 27 33 34 51 54 66 81 99 102 127 153 162 187 198 254 297 306 374 381 459 561 594 762 891 918 1,122 1,143 1,377 1,397 1,683 1,782 2,159 2,286 2,754 2,794 3,366 3,429 4,191 4,318 5,049 6,477 6,858 8,382 10,098 10,287 12,573 12,954 15,147 19,431 20,574 23,749 25,146 30,294 37,719 38,862 47,498 58,293 71,247 75,438 113,157 116,586 142,494 174,879 213,741 226,314 349,758 427,482 641,223 1,282,446 1,923,669 and 3,847,338, with no remainder.

Since 3,847,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,847,338, 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).