Q: Is 3,940,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,940,920 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 3,940,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 41 45 54 60 72 82 89 90 108 120 123 135 164 178 180 205 216 246 267 270 328 356 360 369 410 445 492 534 540 615 712 738 801 820 890 984 1,068 1,080 1,107 1,230 1,335 1,476 1,602 1,640 1,780 1,845 2,136 2,214 2,403 2,460 2,670 2,952 3,204 3,560 3,649 3,690 4,005 4,428 4,806 4,920 5,340 5,535 6,408 7,298 7,380 8,010 8,856 9,612 10,680 10,947 11,070 12,015 14,596 14,760 16,020 18,245 19,224 21,894 22,140 24,030 29,192 32,040 32,841 36,490 43,788 44,280 48,060 54,735 65,682 72,980 87,576 96,120 98,523 109,470 131,364 145,960 164,205 197,046 218,940 262,728 328,410 394,092 437,880 492,615 656,820 788,184 985,230 1,313,640 1,970,460 and 3,940,920, with no remainder.

Since 3,940,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,940,920, 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).