Q: Is 3,847,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,847,424 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 3,847,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 56 64 76 112 113 128 133 152 224 226 256 266 304 448 452 532 608 791 896 904 1,064 1,216 1,582 1,792 1,808 2,128 2,147 2,432 3,164 3,616 4,256 4,294 4,864 6,328 7,232 8,512 8,588 12,656 14,464 15,029 17,024 17,176 25,312 28,928 30,058 34,048 34,352 50,624 60,116 68,704 101,248 120,232 137,408 202,496 240,464 274,816 480,928 549,632 961,856 1,923,712 and 3,847,424, with no remainder.

Since 3,847,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,847,424, 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).