Q: Is 3,833,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,833,880 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 3,833,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 743 860 1,032 1,290 1,486 1,720 2,229 2,580 2,972 3,715 4,458 5,160 5,944 7,430 8,916 11,145 14,860 17,832 22,290 29,720 31,949 44,580 63,898 89,160 95,847 127,796 159,745 191,694 255,592 319,490 383,388 479,235 638,980 766,776 958,470 1,277,960 1,916,940 and 3,833,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,833,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,833,880, 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).