Q: Is 3,925,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,925,908 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 3,925,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 243 252 324 378 486 567 577 756 972 1,134 1,154 1,701 1,731 2,268 2,308 3,402 3,462 4,039 5,193 6,804 6,924 8,078 10,386 12,117 15,579 16,156 20,772 24,234 31,158 36,351 46,737 48,468 62,316 72,702 93,474 109,053 140,211 145,404 186,948 218,106 280,422 327,159 436,212 560,844 654,318 981,477 1,308,636 1,962,954 and 3,925,908, with no remainder.

Since 3,925,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,925,908, 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).