Q: Is 3,957,668 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,957,668 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 3,957,668 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 13 17 22 26 34 37 44 52 68 74 121 143 148 187 221 242 286 374 407 442 481 484 572 629 748 814 884 962 1,258 1,573 1,628 1,924 2,057 2,431 2,516 3,146 4,114 4,477 4,862 5,291 6,292 6,919 8,177 8,228 8,954 9,724 10,582 13,838 16,354 17,908 21,164 26,741 27,676 32,708 53,482 58,201 76,109 89,947 106,964 116,402 152,218 179,894 232,804 304,436 359,788 989,417 1,978,834 and 3,957,668, with no remainder.

Since 3,957,668 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,957,668, 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).