Q: Is 3,759,966 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,759,966 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 3,759,966 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 29 42 49 54 58 63 87 98 126 147 174 189 203 261 294 343 378 406 441 522 609 686 783 882 1,029 1,218 1,323 1,421 1,566 1,827 2,058 2,401 2,646 2,842 3,087 3,654 4,263 4,802 5,481 6,174 7,203 8,526 9,261 9,947 10,962 12,789 14,406 18,522 19,894 21,609 25,578 29,841 38,367 43,218 59,682 64,827 69,629 76,734 89,523 129,654 139,258 179,046 208,887 268,569 417,774 537,138 626,661 1,253,322 1,879,983 and 3,759,966, with no remainder.

Since 3,759,966 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,759,966, 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).