Q: Is 3,902,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,902,880 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 3,902,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 47 48 60 80 94 96 120 141 160 173 188 235 240 282 346 376 470 480 519 564 692 705 752 865 940 1,038 1,128 1,384 1,410 1,504 1,730 1,880 2,076 2,256 2,595 2,768 2,820 3,460 3,760 4,152 4,512 5,190 5,536 5,640 6,920 7,520 8,131 8,304 10,380 11,280 13,840 16,262 16,608 20,760 22,560 24,393 27,680 32,524 40,655 41,520 48,786 65,048 81,310 83,040 97,572 121,965 130,096 162,620 195,144 243,930 260,192 325,240 390,288 487,860 650,480 780,576 975,720 1,300,960 1,951,440 and 3,902,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,902,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,902,880, 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).