Q: Is 3,915,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,915,072 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 3,915,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 971 1,008 1,344 1,942 2,016 2,913 3,884 4,032 5,826 6,797 7,768 8,739 11,652 13,594 15,536 17,478 20,391 23,304 27,188 31,072 34,956 40,782 46,608 54,376 61,173 62,144 69,912 81,564 93,216 108,752 122,346 139,824 163,128 186,432 217,504 244,692 279,648 326,256 435,008 489,384 559,296 652,512 978,768 1,305,024 1,957,536 and 3,915,072, with no remainder.

Since 3,915,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,915,072, 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).