Q: Is 3,875,235 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,875,235 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 3,875,235 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 13 15 17 21 35 39 51 65 85 91 105 119 167 195 221 255 273 357 455 501 595 663 835 1,105 1,169 1,365 1,547 1,785 2,171 2,505 2,839 3,315 3,507 4,641 5,845 6,513 7,735 8,517 10,855 14,195 15,197 17,535 19,873 23,205 32,565 36,907 42,585 45,591 59,619 75,985 99,365 110,721 184,535 227,955 258,349 298,095 553,605 775,047 1,291,745 and 3,875,235, with no remainder.

Since 3,875,235 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,875,235, 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).