Q: Is 3,966,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,966,732 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 3,966,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 53 54 63 66 77 81 84 99 106 108 126 132 154 159 162 189 198 212 231 243 252 297 308 318 324 371 378 396 462 477 486 567 583 594 636 693 742 756 891 924 954 972 1,113 1,134 1,166 1,188 1,386 1,431 1,484 1,701 1,749 1,782 1,908 2,079 2,226 2,268 2,332 2,673 2,772 2,862 3,339 3,402 3,498 3,564 4,081 4,158 4,293 4,452 5,247 5,346 5,724 6,237 6,678 6,804 6,996 8,162 8,316 8,586 10,017 10,494 10,692 12,243 12,474 12,879 13,356 15,741 16,324 17,172 18,711 20,034 20,988 24,486 24,948 25,758 30,051 31,482 36,729 37,422 40,068 47,223 48,972 51,516 60,102 62,964 73,458 74,844 90,153 94,446 110,187 120,204 141,669 146,916 180,306 188,892 220,374 283,338 330,561 360,612 440,748 566,676 661,122 991,683 1,322,244 1,983,366 and 3,966,732, with no remainder.

Since 3,966,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,966,732, 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).