Q: Is 3,948,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,948,516 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 3,948,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 59 66 78 99 117 118 132 143 156 169 177 198 234 236 286 338 354 396 429 468 507 531 572 649 676 708 767 858 1,014 1,062 1,287 1,298 1,521 1,534 1,716 1,859 1,947 2,028 2,124 2,301 2,574 2,596 3,042 3,068 3,718 3,894 4,602 5,148 5,577 5,841 6,084 6,903 7,436 7,788 8,437 9,204 9,971 11,154 11,682 13,806 16,731 16,874 19,942 22,308 23,364 25,311 27,612 29,913 33,462 33,748 39,884 50,622 59,826 66,924 75,933 89,739 101,244 109,681 119,652 151,866 179,478 219,362 303,732 329,043 358,956 438,724 658,086 987,129 1,316,172 1,974,258 and 3,948,516, with no remainder.

Since 3,948,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,948,516, 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).