Q: Is 3,873,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,873,012 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 3,873,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 33 37 39 44 52 61 66 74 78 111 122 132 143 148 156 183 222 244 286 366 407 429 444 481 572 671 732 793 814 858 962 1,221 1,342 1,443 1,586 1,628 1,716 1,924 2,013 2,257 2,379 2,442 2,684 2,886 3,172 4,026 4,514 4,758 4,884 5,291 5,772 6,771 8,052 8,723 9,028 9,516 10,582 13,542 15,873 17,446 21,164 24,827 26,169 27,084 29,341 31,746 34,892 49,654 52,338 58,682 63,492 74,481 88,023 99,308 104,676 117,364 148,962 176,046 297,924 322,751 352,092 645,502 968,253 1,291,004 1,936,506 and 3,873,012, with no remainder.

Since 3,873,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,873,012, 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).