Q: Is 4,005,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,005,072 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 4,005,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 73 108 127 144 146 216 219 254 292 381 432 438 508 584 657 762 876 1,016 1,143 1,168 1,314 1,524 1,752 1,971 2,032 2,286 2,628 3,048 3,429 3,504 3,942 4,572 5,256 6,096 6,858 7,884 9,144 9,271 10,512 13,716 15,768 18,288 18,542 27,432 27,813 31,536 37,084 54,864 55,626 74,168 83,439 111,252 148,336 166,878 222,504 250,317 333,756 445,008 500,634 667,512 1,001,268 1,335,024 2,002,536 and 4,005,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,005,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,005,072, 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).