Q: Is 3,853,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,853,824 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 3,853,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 128 156 192 193 208 256 312 384 386 416 512 579 624 768 772 832 1,158 1,248 1,536 1,544 1,664 2,316 2,496 2,509 3,088 3,328 4,632 4,992 5,018 6,176 6,656 7,527 9,264 9,984 10,036 12,352 15,054 18,528 19,968 20,072 24,704 30,108 37,056 40,144 49,408 60,216 74,112 80,288 98,816 120,432 148,224 160,576 240,864 296,448 321,152 481,728 642,304 963,456 1,284,608 1,926,912 and 3,853,824, with no remainder.

Since 3,853,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,853,824, 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).