Q: Is 3,860,934 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,860,934 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 3,860,934 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 61 66 77 122 137 154 183 231 274 366 411 427 462 671 822 854 959 1,281 1,342 1,507 1,918 2,013 2,562 2,877 3,014 4,026 4,521 4,697 5,754 8,357 9,042 9,394 10,549 14,091 16,714 21,098 25,071 28,182 31,647 50,142 58,499 63,294 91,927 116,998 175,497 183,854 275,781 350,994 551,562 643,489 1,286,978 1,930,467 and 3,860,934, with no remainder.

Since 3,860,934 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,860,934, 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).