Q: Is 3,786,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,786,840 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 3,786,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 67 72 90 120 134 157 180 201 268 314 335 360 402 471 536 603 628 670 785 804 942 1,005 1,206 1,256 1,340 1,413 1,570 1,608 1,884 2,010 2,355 2,412 2,680 2,826 3,015 3,140 3,768 4,020 4,710 4,824 5,652 6,030 6,280 7,065 8,040 9,420 10,519 11,304 12,060 14,130 18,840 21,038 24,120 28,260 31,557 42,076 52,595 56,520 63,114 84,152 94,671 105,190 126,228 157,785 189,342 210,380 252,456 315,570 378,684 420,760 473,355 631,140 757,368 946,710 1,262,280 1,893,420 and 3,786,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,786,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,786,840, 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).