Q: Is 3,842,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,842,028 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 3,842,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 41 57 76 82 114 123 137 164 171 228 246 274 342 369 411 492 548 684 738 779 822 1,233 1,476 1,558 1,644 2,337 2,466 2,603 3,116 4,674 4,932 5,206 5,617 7,011 7,809 9,348 10,412 11,234 14,022 15,618 16,851 22,468 23,427 28,044 31,236 33,702 46,854 50,553 67,404 93,708 101,106 106,723 202,212 213,446 320,169 426,892 640,338 960,507 1,280,676 1,921,014 and 3,842,028, with no remainder.

Since 3,842,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,842,028, 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).