Q: Is 3,894,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,894,840 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 3,894,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 60 62 72 90 93 120 124 155 180 186 248 279 310 349 360 372 465 558 620 698 744 930 1,047 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,396 1,745 1,860 2,094 2,232 2,790 2,792 3,141 3,490 3,720 4,188 5,235 5,580 6,282 6,980 8,376 10,470 10,819 11,160 12,564 13,960 15,705 20,940 21,638 25,128 31,410 32,457 41,880 43,276 54,095 62,820 64,914 86,552 97,371 108,190 125,640 129,828 162,285 194,742 216,380 259,656 324,570 389,484 432,760 486,855 649,140 778,968 973,710 1,298,280 1,947,420 and 3,894,840, with no remainder.

Since 3,894,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,894,840, 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).