Q: Is 3,968,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,968,720 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 3,968,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 19 20 28 35 38 40 56 70 76 80 95 112 133 140 152 190 266 280 304 373 380 532 560 665 746 760 1,064 1,330 1,492 1,520 1,865 2,128 2,611 2,660 2,984 3,730 5,222 5,320 5,968 7,087 7,460 10,444 10,640 13,055 14,174 14,920 20,888 26,110 28,348 29,840 35,435 41,776 49,609 52,220 56,696 70,870 99,218 104,440 113,392 141,740 198,436 208,880 248,045 283,480 396,872 496,090 566,960 793,744 992,180 1,984,360 and 3,968,720, with no remainder.

Since 3,968,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,968,720, 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).