Q: Is 3,902,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,902,496 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 3,902,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 53 59 78 96 104 106 118 156 159 177 208 212 236 312 318 354 416 424 472 624 636 689 708 767 848 944 1,248 1,272 1,378 1,416 1,534 1,696 1,888 2,067 2,301 2,544 2,756 2,832 3,068 3,127 4,134 4,602 5,088 5,512 5,664 6,136 6,254 8,268 9,204 9,381 11,024 12,272 12,508 16,536 18,408 18,762 22,048 24,544 25,016 33,072 36,816 37,524 40,651 50,032 66,144 73,632 75,048 81,302 100,064 121,953 150,096 162,604 243,906 300,192 325,208 487,812 650,416 975,624 1,300,832 1,951,248 and 3,902,496, with no remainder.

Since 3,902,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,902,496, 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).