Q: Is 3,934,242 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,934,242 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 3,934,242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 23 26 34 39 43 46 51 69 78 86 102 117 129 138 153 207 221 234 258 299 306 387 391 414 442 559 598 663 731 774 782 897 989 1,118 1,173 1,326 1,462 1,677 1,794 1,978 1,989 2,193 2,346 2,691 2,967 3,354 3,519 3,978 4,386 5,031 5,083 5,382 5,934 6,579 7,038 8,901 9,503 10,062 10,166 12,857 13,158 15,249 16,813 17,802 19,006 25,714 28,509 30,498 33,626 38,571 45,747 50,439 57,018 77,142 85,527 91,494 100,878 115,713 151,317 171,054 218,569 231,426 302,634 437,138 655,707 1,311,414 1,967,121 and 3,934,242, with no remainder.

Since 3,934,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,934,242, 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).