Q: Is 3,974,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,974,160 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 3,974,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 40 48 58 60 80 87 116 120 145 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 571 580 696 870 1,142 1,160 1,392 1,713 1,740 2,284 2,320 2,855 3,426 3,480 4,568 5,710 6,852 6,960 8,565 9,136 11,420 13,704 16,559 17,130 22,840 27,408 33,118 34,260 45,680 49,677 66,236 68,520 82,795 99,354 132,472 137,040 165,590 198,708 248,385 264,944 331,180 397,416 496,770 662,360 794,832 993,540 1,324,720 1,987,080 and 3,974,160, with no remainder.

Since 3,974,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,974,160, 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).