Q: Is 38,739,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 38,739,260 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 38,739,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 41 68 70 82 85 119 140 164 170 205 238 287 340 397 410 476 574 595 697 794 820 1,148 1,190 1,394 1,435 1,588 1,985 2,380 2,779 2,788 2,870 3,485 3,970 4,879 5,558 5,740 6,749 6,970 7,940 9,758 11,116 13,498 13,895 13,940 16,277 19,516 24,395 26,996 27,790 32,554 33,745 47,243 48,790 55,580 65,108 67,490 81,385 94,486 97,580 113,939 134,980 162,770 188,972 227,878 236,215 276,709 325,540 455,756 472,430 553,418 569,695 944,860 1,106,836 1,139,390 1,383,545 1,936,963 2,278,780 2,767,090 3,873,926 5,534,180 7,747,852 9,684,815 19,369,630 and 38,739,260, with no remainder.

Since 38,739,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 38,739,260, 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).