Q: Is 3,837,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,837,876 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 3,837,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 61 84 98 107 122 147 183 196 214 244 294 321 366 427 428 588 642 732 749 854 1,281 1,284 1,498 1,708 2,247 2,562 2,989 2,996 4,494 5,124 5,243 5,978 6,527 8,967 8,988 10,486 11,956 13,054 15,729 17,934 19,581 20,972 26,108 31,458 35,868 39,162 45,689 62,916 78,324 91,378 137,067 182,756 274,134 319,823 548,268 639,646 959,469 1,279,292 1,918,938 and 3,837,876, with no remainder.

Since 3,837,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,837,876, 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).