Q: Is 3,973,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,973,104 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 3,973,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 459 541 612 816 918 1,082 1,224 1,623 1,836 2,164 2,448 3,246 3,672 4,328 4,869 6,492 7,344 8,656 9,197 9,738 12,984 14,607 18,394 19,476 25,968 27,591 29,214 36,788 38,952 55,182 58,428 73,576 77,904 82,773 110,364 116,856 147,152 165,546 220,728 233,712 248,319 331,092 441,456 496,638 662,184 993,276 1,324,368 1,986,552 and 3,973,104, with no remainder.

Since 3,973,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,973,104, 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).