Q: Is 3,856,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,856,240 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 3,856,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 38 40 43 59 76 80 86 95 118 152 172 190 215 236 295 304 344 380 430 472 590 688 760 817 860 944 1,121 1,180 1,520 1,634 1,720 2,242 2,360 2,537 3,268 3,440 4,085 4,484 4,720 5,074 5,605 6,536 8,170 8,968 10,148 11,210 12,685 13,072 16,340 17,936 20,296 22,420 25,370 32,680 40,592 44,840 48,203 50,740 65,360 89,680 96,406 101,480 192,812 202,960 241,015 385,624 482,030 771,248 964,060 1,928,120 and 3,856,240, with no remainder.

Since 3,856,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,856,240, 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).