Q: Is 3,961,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,961,008 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 3,961,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 53 54 72 106 108 144 159 173 212 216 318 346 424 432 477 519 636 692 848 954 1,038 1,272 1,384 1,431 1,557 1,908 2,076 2,544 2,768 2,862 3,114 3,816 4,152 4,671 5,724 6,228 7,632 8,304 9,169 9,342 11,448 12,456 18,338 18,684 22,896 24,912 27,507 36,676 37,368 55,014 73,352 74,736 82,521 110,028 146,704 165,042 220,056 247,563 330,084 440,112 495,126 660,168 990,252 1,320,336 1,980,504 and 3,961,008, with no remainder.

Since 3,961,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,961,008, 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).