Q: Is 3,874,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,874,000 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 3,874,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 80 100 104 125 130 149 200 208 250 260 298 325 400 500 520 596 650 745 1,000 1,040 1,192 1,300 1,490 1,625 1,937 2,000 2,384 2,600 2,980 3,250 3,725 3,874 5,200 5,960 6,500 7,450 7,748 9,685 11,920 13,000 14,900 15,496 18,625 19,370 26,000 29,800 30,992 37,250 38,740 48,425 59,600 74,500 77,480 96,850 149,000 154,960 193,700 242,125 298,000 387,400 484,250 774,800 968,500 1,937,000 and 3,874,000, with no remainder.

Since 3,874,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,874,000, 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).