Q: Is 3,966,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,966,984 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 3,966,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 119 126 136 153 168 204 238 252 306 357 408 463 476 504 612 714 926 952 1,071 1,224 1,389 1,428 1,852 2,142 2,778 2,856 3,241 3,704 4,167 4,284 5,556 6,482 7,871 8,334 8,568 9,723 11,112 12,964 15,742 16,668 19,446 23,613 25,928 29,169 31,484 33,336 38,892 47,226 55,097 58,338 62,968 70,839 77,784 94,452 110,194 116,676 141,678 165,291 188,904 220,388 233,352 283,356 330,582 440,776 495,873 566,712 661,164 991,746 1,322,328 1,983,492 and 3,966,984, with no remainder.

Since 3,966,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,966,984, 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).