Q: Is 3,828,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,828,624 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 3,828,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 48 62 83 93 124 166 186 248 249 332 372 496 498 664 744 961 996 1,328 1,488 1,922 1,992 2,573 2,883 3,844 3,984 5,146 5,766 7,688 7,719 10,292 11,532 15,376 15,438 20,584 23,064 30,876 41,168 46,128 61,752 79,763 123,504 159,526 239,289 319,052 478,578 638,104 957,156 1,276,208 1,914,312 and 3,828,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,828,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,828,624, 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).