Q: Is 3,921,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,921,792 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 3,921,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,344 1,459 2,688 2,918 4,377 5,836 8,754 10,213 11,672 17,508 20,426 23,344 30,639 35,016 40,852 46,688 61,278 70,032 81,704 93,376 122,556 140,064 163,408 186,752 245,112 280,128 326,816 490,224 560,256 653,632 980,448 1,307,264 1,960,896 and 3,921,792, with no remainder.

Since 3,921,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,921,792, 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).