Q: Is 3,986,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,986,040 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 3,986,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 59 60 118 120 177 236 295 354 472 563 590 708 885 1,126 1,180 1,416 1,689 1,770 2,252 2,360 2,815 3,378 3,540 4,504 5,630 6,756 7,080 8,445 11,260 13,512 16,890 22,520 33,217 33,780 66,434 67,560 99,651 132,868 166,085 199,302 265,736 332,170 398,604 498,255 664,340 797,208 996,510 1,328,680 1,993,020 and 3,986,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,986,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,986,040, 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).