Q: Is 3,859,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,859,704 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 3,859,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 107 108 167 214 216 321 334 428 501 642 668 856 963 1,002 1,284 1,336 1,503 1,926 2,004 2,568 2,889 3,006 3,852 4,008 4,509 5,778 6,012 7,704 9,018 11,556 12,024 17,869 18,036 23,112 35,738 36,072 53,607 71,476 107,214 142,952 160,821 214,428 321,642 428,856 482,463 643,284 964,926 1,286,568 1,929,852 and 3,859,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,859,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,859,704, 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).