Q: Is 3,995,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,995,880 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 3,995,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 56 60 67 70 71 84 105 120 134 140 142 168 201 210 213 268 280 284 335 355 402 420 426 469 497 536 568 670 710 804 840 852 938 994 1,005 1,065 1,340 1,407 1,420 1,491 1,608 1,704 1,876 1,988 2,010 2,130 2,345 2,485 2,680 2,814 2,840 2,982 3,752 3,976 4,020 4,260 4,690 4,757 4,970 5,628 5,964 7,035 7,455 8,040 8,520 9,380 9,514 9,940 11,256 11,928 14,070 14,271 14,910 18,760 19,028 19,880 23,785 28,140 28,542 29,820 33,299 38,056 47,570 56,280 57,084 59,640 66,598 71,355 95,140 99,897 114,168 133,196 142,710 166,495 190,280 199,794 266,392 285,420 332,990 399,588 499,485 570,840 665,980 799,176 998,970 1,331,960 1,997,940 and 3,995,880, with no remainder.

Since 3,995,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,995,880, 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).