Q: Is 3,973,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,973,464 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 3,973,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 29 33 36 44 58 66 72 87 88 99 116 132 173 174 198 232 261 264 319 346 348 396 519 522 638 692 696 792 957 1,038 1,044 1,276 1,384 1,557 1,903 1,914 2,076 2,088 2,552 2,871 3,114 3,806 3,828 4,152 5,017 5,709 5,742 6,228 7,612 7,656 10,034 11,418 11,484 12,456 15,051 15,224 17,127 20,068 22,836 22,968 30,102 34,254 40,136 45,153 45,672 55,187 60,204 68,508 90,306 110,374 120,408 137,016 165,561 180,612 220,748 331,122 361,224 441,496 496,683 662,244 993,366 1,324,488 1,986,732 and 3,973,464, with no remainder.

Since 3,973,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,973,464, 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).