Q: Is 3,823,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,823,824 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 3,823,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 41 48 58 67 82 87 116 123 134 164 174 201 232 246 268 328 348 402 464 492 536 656 696 804 984 1,072 1,189 1,392 1,608 1,943 1,968 2,378 2,747 3,216 3,567 3,886 4,756 5,494 5,829 7,134 7,772 8,241 9,512 10,988 11,658 14,268 15,544 16,482 19,024 21,976 23,316 28,536 31,088 32,964 43,952 46,632 57,072 65,928 79,663 93,264 131,856 159,326 238,989 318,652 477,978 637,304 955,956 1,274,608 1,911,912 and 3,823,824, with no remainder.

Since 3,823,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,823,824, 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).