Q: Is 3,877,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,877,848 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 3,877,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,381 1,404 2,762 2,808 4,143 5,524 8,286 11,048 12,429 16,572 17,953 24,858 33,144 35,906 37,287 49,716 53,859 71,812 74,574 99,432 107,718 143,624 149,148 161,577 215,436 298,296 323,154 430,872 484,731 646,308 969,462 1,292,616 1,938,924 and 3,877,848, with no remainder.

Since 3,877,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,877,848, 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).