Q: Is 3,941,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,941,784 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 3,941,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 56 63 66 72 77 79 81 84 88 99 108 126 132 154 158 162 168 189 198 216 231 237 252 264 297 308 316 324 378 396 462 474 504 553 567 594 616 632 648 693 711 756 792 869 891 924 948 1,106 1,134 1,188 1,386 1,422 1,512 1,659 1,738 1,782 1,848 1,896 2,079 2,133 2,212 2,268 2,376 2,607 2,772 2,844 3,318 3,476 3,564 4,158 4,266 4,424 4,536 4,977 5,214 5,544 5,688 6,083 6,237 6,399 6,636 6,952 7,128 7,821 8,316 8,532 9,954 10,428 12,166 12,474 12,798 13,272 14,931 15,642 16,632 17,064 18,249 19,908 20,856 23,463 24,332 24,948 25,596 29,862 31,284 36,498 39,816 44,793 46,926 48,664 49,896 51,192 54,747 59,724 62,568 70,389 72,996 89,586 93,852 109,494 119,448 140,778 145,992 164,241 179,172 187,704 218,988 281,556 328,482 358,344 437,976 492,723 563,112 656,964 985,446 1,313,928 1,970,892 and 3,941,784, with no remainder.

Since 3,941,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,941,784, 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).