Q: Is 3,710,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,710,304 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 3,710,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 991 1,248 1,872 1,982 2,973 3,744 3,964 5,946 7,928 8,919 11,892 12,883 15,856 17,838 23,784 25,766 31,712 35,676 38,649 47,568 51,532 71,352 77,298 95,136 103,064 115,947 142,704 154,596 206,128 231,894 285,408 309,192 412,256 463,788 618,384 927,576 1,236,768 1,855,152 and 3,710,304, with no remainder.

Since 3,710,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,710,304, 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).