Q: Is 3,966,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,966,760 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 3,966,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 31 35 40 56 62 70 124 140 155 217 248 280 310 434 457 620 868 914 1,085 1,240 1,736 1,828 2,170 2,285 3,199 3,656 4,340 4,570 6,398 8,680 9,140 12,796 14,167 15,995 18,280 25,592 28,334 31,990 56,668 63,980 70,835 99,169 113,336 127,960 141,670 198,338 283,340 396,676 495,845 566,680 793,352 991,690 1,983,380 and 3,966,760, with no remainder.

Since 3,966,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,966,760, 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).