Q: Is 3,831,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,831,624 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 3,831,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 73 81 108 146 162 216 219 243 292 324 438 486 584 648 657 729 876 972 1,314 1,458 1,752 1,944 1,971 2,187 2,628 2,916 3,942 4,374 5,256 5,832 5,913 6,561 7,884 8,748 11,826 13,122 15,768 17,496 17,739 23,652 26,244 35,478 47,304 52,488 53,217 70,956 106,434 141,912 159,651 212,868 319,302 425,736 478,953 638,604 957,906 1,277,208 1,915,812 and 3,831,624, with no remainder.

Since 3,831,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,831,624, 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).