Q: Is 3,922,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,922,464 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 3,922,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 364 416 449 546 624 672 728 898 1,092 1,248 1,347 1,456 1,796 2,184 2,694 2,912 3,143 3,592 4,368 5,388 5,837 6,286 7,184 8,736 9,429 10,776 11,674 12,572 14,368 17,511 18,858 21,552 23,348 25,144 35,022 37,716 40,859 43,104 46,696 50,288 70,044 75,432 81,718 93,392 100,576 122,577 140,088 150,864 163,436 186,784 245,154 280,176 301,728 326,872 490,308 560,352 653,744 980,616 1,307,488 1,961,232 and 3,922,464, with no remainder.

Since 3,922,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,922,464, 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).