Q: Is 3,853,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,853,320 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 3,853,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 163 197 326 394 489 591 652 788 815 978 985 1,182 1,304 1,576 1,630 1,956 1,970 2,364 2,445 2,955 3,260 3,912 3,940 4,728 4,890 5,910 6,520 7,880 9,780 11,820 19,560 23,640 32,111 64,222 96,333 128,444 160,555 192,666 256,888 321,110 385,332 481,665 642,220 770,664 963,330 1,284,440 1,926,660 and 3,853,320, with no remainder.

Since 3,853,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,853,320, 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).