Q: Is 3,979,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,979,584 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 3,979,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 47 48 49 54 56 63 64 72 84 94 96 98 108 112 126 141 144 147 168 188 189 192 196 216 224 252 282 288 294 329 336 376 378 392 423 432 441 448 504 564 576 588 658 672 752 756 784 846 864 882 987 1,008 1,128 1,176 1,269 1,316 1,323 1,344 1,504 1,512 1,568 1,692 1,728 1,764 1,974 2,016 2,256 2,303 2,352 2,538 2,632 2,646 2,961 3,008 3,024 3,136 3,384 3,528 3,948 4,032 4,512 4,606 4,704 5,076 5,264 5,292 5,922 6,048 6,768 6,909 7,056 7,896 8,883 9,024 9,212 9,408 10,152 10,528 10,584 11,844 12,096 13,536 13,818 14,112 15,792 17,766 18,424 20,304 20,727 21,056 21,168 23,688 27,072 27,636 28,224 31,584 35,532 36,848 40,608 41,454 42,336 47,376 55,272 62,181 63,168 71,064 73,696 81,216 82,908 84,672 94,752 110,544 124,362 142,128 147,392 165,816 189,504 221,088 248,724 284,256 331,632 442,176 497,448 568,512 663,264 994,896 1,326,528 1,989,792 and 3,979,584, with no remainder.

Since 3,979,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,979,584, 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).