Q: Is 3,867,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,867,264 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 3,867,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 128 144 162 192 216 288 324 373 384 432 576 648 746 864 1,119 1,152 1,296 1,492 1,728 2,238 2,592 2,984 3,357 3,456 4,476 5,184 5,968 6,714 8,952 10,071 10,368 11,936 13,428 17,904 20,142 23,872 26,856 30,213 35,808 40,284 47,744 53,712 60,426 71,616 80,568 107,424 120,852 143,232 161,136 214,848 241,704 322,272 429,696 483,408 644,544 966,816 1,289,088 1,933,632 and 3,867,264, with no remainder.

Since 3,867,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,867,264, 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).