Q: Is 3,812,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,812,940 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 3,812,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 27 30 36 45 46 54 60 69 90 92 108 115 135 138 180 207 230 270 276 307 345 414 460 540 614 621 690 828 921 1,035 1,228 1,242 1,380 1,535 1,842 2,070 2,484 2,763 3,070 3,105 3,684 4,140 4,605 5,526 6,140 6,210 7,061 8,289 9,210 11,052 12,420 13,815 14,122 16,578 18,420 21,183 27,630 28,244 33,156 35,305 41,445 42,366 55,260 63,549 70,610 82,890 84,732 105,915 127,098 141,220 165,780 190,647 211,830 254,196 317,745 381,294 423,660 635,490 762,588 953,235 1,270,980 1,906,470 and 3,812,940, with no remainder.

Since 3,812,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,812,940, 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).