Q: Is 3,985,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,985,992 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 3,985,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 29 36 46 58 69 72 83 87 92 116 138 166 174 184 207 232 249 261 276 332 348 414 498 522 552 664 667 696 747 828 996 1,044 1,334 1,494 1,656 1,909 1,992 2,001 2,088 2,407 2,668 2,988 3,818 4,002 4,814 5,336 5,727 5,976 6,003 7,221 7,636 8,004 9,628 11,454 12,006 14,442 15,272 16,008 17,181 19,256 21,663 22,908 24,012 28,884 34,362 43,326 45,816 48,024 55,361 57,768 68,724 86,652 110,722 137,448 166,083 173,304 221,444 332,166 442,888 498,249 664,332 996,498 1,328,664 1,992,996 and 3,985,992, with no remainder.

Since 3,985,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,985,992, 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).