Q: Is 3,880,422 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,880,422 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 3,880,422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 23 26 39 42 46 63 69 78 91 103 117 126 138 161 182 206 207 234 273 299 309 322 414 483 546 598 618 721 819 897 927 966 1,339 1,442 1,449 1,638 1,794 1,854 2,093 2,163 2,369 2,678 2,691 2,898 4,017 4,186 4,326 4,738 5,382 6,279 6,489 7,107 8,034 9,373 12,051 12,558 12,978 14,214 16,583 18,746 18,837 21,321 24,102 28,119 30,797 33,166 37,674 42,642 49,749 56,238 61,594 84,357 92,391 99,498 149,247 168,714 184,782 215,579 277,173 298,494 431,158 554,346 646,737 1,293,474 1,940,211 and 3,880,422, with no remainder.

Since 3,880,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,880,422, 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).