Q: Is 3,967,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,967,480 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 3,967,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 71 88 110 127 142 220 254 284 355 440 508 568 635 710 781 1,016 1,270 1,397 1,420 1,562 2,540 2,794 2,840 3,124 3,905 5,080 5,588 6,248 6,985 7,810 9,017 11,176 13,970 15,620 18,034 27,940 31,240 36,068 45,085 55,880 72,136 90,170 99,187 180,340 198,374 360,680 396,748 495,935 793,496 991,870 1,983,740 and 3,967,480, with no remainder.

Since 3,967,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,967,480, 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).