Q: Is 3,950,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,950,960 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 3,950,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 29 40 52 58 65 80 104 116 130 131 145 208 232 260 262 290 377 464 520 524 580 655 754 1,040 1,048 1,160 1,310 1,508 1,703 1,885 2,096 2,320 2,620 3,016 3,406 3,770 3,799 5,240 6,032 6,812 7,540 7,598 8,515 10,480 13,624 15,080 15,196 17,030 18,995 27,248 30,160 30,392 34,060 37,990 49,387 60,784 68,120 75,980 98,774 136,240 151,960 197,548 246,935 303,920 395,096 493,870 790,192 987,740 1,975,480 and 3,950,960, with no remainder.

Since 3,950,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,950,960, 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).