Q: Is 3,891,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,891,504 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 3,891,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 34 38 48 51 57 68 76 102 114 136 152 204 228 251 272 304 323 408 456 502 646 753 816 912 969 1,004 1,292 1,506 1,938 2,008 2,584 3,012 3,876 4,016 4,267 4,769 5,168 6,024 7,752 8,534 9,538 12,048 12,801 14,307 15,504 17,068 19,076 25,602 28,614 34,136 38,152 51,204 57,228 68,272 76,304 81,073 102,408 114,456 162,146 204,816 228,912 243,219 324,292 486,438 648,584 972,876 1,297,168 1,945,752 and 3,891,504, with no remainder.

Since 3,891,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,891,504, 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).