Q: Is 3,909,612 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,909,612 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 3,909,612 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 61 84 98 109 122 147 183 196 218 244 294 327 366 427 436 588 654 732 763 854 1,281 1,308 1,526 1,708 2,289 2,562 2,989 3,052 4,578 5,124 5,341 5,978 6,649 8,967 9,156 10,682 11,956 13,298 16,023 17,934 19,947 21,364 26,596 32,046 35,868 39,894 46,543 64,092 79,788 93,086 139,629 186,172 279,258 325,801 558,516 651,602 977,403 1,303,204 1,954,806 and 3,909,612, with no remainder.

Since 3,909,612 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,909,612, 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).