Q: Is 3,873,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,873,744 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 3,873,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 49 54 56 61 63 72 81 84 98 108 112 122 126 144 147 162 168 183 189 196 216 244 252 294 324 336 366 378 392 427 432 441 488 504 549 567 588 648 732 756 784 854 882 976 1,008 1,098 1,134 1,176 1,281 1,296 1,323 1,464 1,512 1,647 1,708 1,764 2,196 2,268 2,352 2,562 2,646 2,928 2,989 3,024 3,294 3,416 3,528 3,843 3,969 4,392 4,536 4,941 5,124 5,292 5,978 6,588 6,832 7,056 7,686 7,938 8,784 8,967 9,072 9,882 10,248 10,584 11,529 11,956 13,176 15,372 15,876 17,934 19,764 20,496 21,168 23,058 23,912 26,352 26,901 30,744 31,752 34,587 35,868 39,528 46,116 47,824 53,802 61,488 63,504 69,174 71,736 79,056 80,703 92,232 107,604 138,348 143,472 161,406 184,464 215,208 242,109 276,696 322,812 430,416 484,218 553,392 645,624 968,436 1,291,248 1,936,872 and 3,873,744, with no remainder.

Since 3,873,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,873,744, 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).