Q: Is 3,958,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,958,880 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 3,958,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 109 160 218 227 436 454 545 872 908 1,090 1,135 1,744 1,816 2,180 2,270 3,488 3,632 4,360 4,540 7,264 8,720 9,080 17,440 18,160 24,743 36,320 49,486 98,972 123,715 197,944 247,430 395,888 494,860 791,776 989,720 1,979,440 and 3,958,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,958,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,958,880, 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).