Q: Is 3,838,068 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,838,068 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 3,838,068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 59 78 117 118 139 156 177 234 236 278 354 417 468 531 556 708 767 834 1,062 1,251 1,534 1,668 1,807 2,124 2,301 2,502 3,068 3,614 4,602 5,004 5,421 6,903 7,228 8,201 9,204 10,842 13,806 16,263 16,402 21,684 24,603 27,612 32,526 32,804 49,206 65,052 73,809 98,412 106,613 147,618 213,226 295,236 319,839 426,452 639,678 959,517 1,279,356 1,919,034 and 3,838,068, with no remainder.

Since 3,838,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,838,068, 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).