Q: Is 3,892,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,892,704 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 3,892,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 41 43 46 48 69 82 86 92 96 123 129 138 164 172 184 246 258 276 328 344 368 492 516 552 656 688 736 943 984 989 1,032 1,104 1,312 1,376 1,763 1,886 1,968 1,978 2,064 2,208 2,829 2,967 3,526 3,772 3,936 3,956 4,128 5,289 5,658 5,934 7,052 7,544 7,912 10,578 11,316 11,868 14,104 15,088 15,824 21,156 22,632 23,736 28,208 30,176 31,648 40,549 42,312 45,264 47,472 56,416 81,098 84,624 90,528 94,944 121,647 162,196 169,248 243,294 324,392 486,588 648,784 973,176 1,297,568 1,946,352 and 3,892,704, with no remainder.

Since 3,892,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,892,704, 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).