Q: Is 3,877,938 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,877,938 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 3,877,938 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 19 23 29 34 38 46 51 57 58 69 87 102 114 138 153 171 174 207 261 306 323 342 391 414 437 493 522 551 646 667 782 874 969 986 1,102 1,173 1,311 1,334 1,479 1,653 1,938 2,001 2,346 2,622 2,907 2,958 3,306 3,519 3,933 4,002 4,437 4,959 5,814 6,003 7,038 7,429 7,866 8,874 9,367 9,918 11,339 12,006 12,673 14,858 18,734 22,287 22,678 25,346 28,101 34,017 38,019 44,574 56,202 66,861 68,034 76,038 84,303 102,051 114,057 133,722 168,606 204,102 215,441 228,114 430,882 646,323 1,292,646 1,938,969 and 3,877,938, with no remainder.

Since 3,877,938 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,877,938, 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).