Q: Is 3,888,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,888,456 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 3,888,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 103 104 121 132 143 156 206 242 264 286 309 312 363 412 429 484 572 618 726 824 858 968 1,133 1,144 1,236 1,339 1,452 1,573 1,716 2,266 2,472 2,678 2,904 3,146 3,399 3,432 4,017 4,532 4,719 5,356 6,292 6,798 8,034 9,064 9,438 10,712 12,463 12,584 13,596 14,729 16,068 18,876 24,926 27,192 29,458 32,136 37,389 37,752 44,187 49,852 58,916 74,778 88,374 99,704 117,832 149,556 162,019 176,748 299,112 324,038 353,496 486,057 648,076 972,114 1,296,152 1,944,228 and 3,888,456, with no remainder.

Since 3,888,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,888,456, 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).