Q: Is 3,977,064 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,977,064 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 3,977,064 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 607 728 819 936 1,092 1,214 1,638 1,821 2,184 2,428 3,276 3,642 4,249 4,856 5,463 6,552 7,284 7,891 8,498 10,926 12,747 14,568 15,782 16,996 21,852 23,673 25,494 31,564 33,992 38,241 43,704 47,346 50,988 55,237 63,128 71,019 76,482 94,692 101,976 110,474 142,038 152,964 165,711 189,384 220,948 284,076 305,928 331,422 441,896 497,133 568,152 662,844 994,266 1,325,688 1,988,532 and 3,977,064, with no remainder.

Since 3,977,064 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,977,064, 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).