Q: Is 3,920,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,920,748 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 3,920,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 41 52 78 82 123 156 164 246 492 533 613 1,066 1,226 1,599 1,839 2,132 2,452 3,198 3,678 6,396 7,356 7,969 15,938 23,907 25,133 31,876 47,814 50,266 75,399 95,628 100,532 150,798 301,596 326,729 653,458 980,187 1,306,916 1,960,374 and 3,920,748, with no remainder.

Since 3,920,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,920,748, 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).