Q: Is 3,939,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,939,480 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 3,939,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 60 62 72 90 93 120 124 155 180 186 248 279 310 353 360 372 465 558 620 706 744 930 1,059 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,412 1,765 1,860 2,118 2,232 2,790 2,824 3,177 3,530 3,720 4,236 5,295 5,580 6,354 7,060 8,472 10,590 10,943 11,160 12,708 14,120 15,885 21,180 21,886 25,416 31,770 32,829 42,360 43,772 54,715 63,540 65,658 87,544 98,487 109,430 127,080 131,316 164,145 196,974 218,860 262,632 328,290 393,948 437,720 492,435 656,580 787,896 984,870 1,313,160 1,969,740 and 3,939,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,939,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,939,480, 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).