Q: Is 3,977,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,977,120 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 3,977,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 53 56 67 70 80 106 112 134 140 160 212 224 265 268 280 335 371 424 469 530 536 560 670 742 848 938 1,060 1,072 1,120 1,340 1,484 1,696 1,855 1,876 2,120 2,144 2,345 2,680 2,968 3,551 3,710 3,752 4,240 4,690 5,360 5,936 7,102 7,420 7,504 8,480 9,380 10,720 11,872 14,204 14,840 15,008 17,755 18,760 24,857 28,408 29,680 35,510 37,520 49,714 56,816 59,360 71,020 75,040 99,428 113,632 124,285 142,040 198,856 248,570 284,080 397,712 497,140 568,160 795,424 994,280 1,988,560 and 3,977,120, with no remainder.

Since 3,977,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,977,120, 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).