Q: Is 3,848,715 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,848,715 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 3,848,715 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 13 15 17 27 39 43 45 51 65 81 85 117 129 135 153 195 215 221 255 351 387 405 459 559 585 645 663 731 765 1,053 1,105 1,161 1,377 1,677 1,755 1,935 1,989 2,193 2,295 2,795 3,315 3,483 3,655 5,031 5,265 5,805 5,967 6,579 6,885 8,385 9,503 9,945 10,965 15,093 17,415 17,901 19,737 25,155 28,509 29,835 32,895 45,279 47,515 59,211 75,465 85,527 89,505 98,685 142,545 226,395 256,581 296,055 427,635 769,743 1,282,905 and 3,848,715, with no remainder.

Since 3,848,715 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,848,715, 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).