Q: Is 3,808,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,808,368 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 3,808,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 53 72 106 144 159 212 318 424 477 499 636 848 954 998 1,272 1,497 1,908 1,996 2,544 2,994 3,816 3,992 4,491 5,988 7,632 7,984 8,982 11,976 17,964 23,952 26,447 35,928 52,894 71,856 79,341 105,788 158,682 211,576 238,023 317,364 423,152 476,046 634,728 952,092 1,269,456 1,904,184 and 3,808,368, with no remainder.

Since 3,808,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,808,368, 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).