Q: Is 3,877,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,877,740 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 3,877,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 43 45 54 60 86 90 108 129 135 167 172 180 215 258 270 334 387 430 501 516 540 645 668 774 835 860 1,002 1,161 1,290 1,503 1,548 1,670 1,935 2,004 2,322 2,505 2,580 3,006 3,340 3,870 4,509 4,644 5,010 5,805 6,012 7,181 7,515 7,740 9,018 10,020 11,610 14,362 15,030 18,036 21,543 22,545 23,220 28,724 30,060 35,905 43,086 45,090 64,629 71,810 86,172 90,180 107,715 129,258 143,620 193,887 215,430 258,516 323,145 387,774 430,860 646,290 775,548 969,435 1,292,580 1,938,870 and 3,877,740, with no remainder.

Since 3,877,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,877,740, 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).