Q: Is 3,897,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,897,504 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 3,897,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 96 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 288 312 347 351 416 432 468 624 694 702 864 936 1,041 1,248 1,388 1,404 1,872 2,082 2,776 2,808 3,123 3,744 4,164 4,511 5,552 5,616 6,246 8,328 9,022 9,369 11,104 11,232 12,492 13,533 16,656 18,044 18,738 24,984 27,066 33,312 36,088 37,476 40,599 49,968 54,132 72,176 74,952 81,198 99,936 108,264 121,797 144,352 149,904 162,396 216,528 243,594 299,808 324,792 433,056 487,188 649,584 974,376 1,299,168 1,948,752 and 3,897,504, with no remainder.

Since 3,897,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,897,504, 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).