Q: Is 3,982,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,982,392 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 3,982,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 103 108 179 206 216 309 358 412 537 618 716 824 927 1,074 1,236 1,432 1,611 1,854 2,148 2,472 2,781 3,222 3,708 4,296 4,833 5,562 6,444 7,416 9,666 11,124 12,888 18,437 19,332 22,248 36,874 38,664 55,311 73,748 110,622 147,496 165,933 221,244 331,866 442,488 497,799 663,732 995,598 1,327,464 1,991,196 and 3,982,392, with no remainder.

Since 3,982,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,982,392, 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).