Q: Is 3,879,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,879,568 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 3,879,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 47 56 67 77 88 94 112 134 154 176 188 268 308 329 376 469 517 536 616 658 737 752 938 1,034 1,072 1,232 1,316 1,474 1,876 2,068 2,632 2,948 3,149 3,619 3,752 4,136 5,159 5,264 5,896 6,298 7,238 7,504 8,272 10,318 11,792 12,596 14,476 20,636 22,043 25,192 28,952 34,639 41,272 44,086 50,384 57,904 69,278 82,544 88,172 138,556 176,344 242,473 277,112 352,688 484,946 554,224 969,892 1,939,784 and 3,879,568, with no remainder.

Since 3,879,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,879,568, 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).