Q: Is 4,010,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,010,496 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 4,010,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 373 384 448 512 672 746 768 896 1,119 1,344 1,492 1,536 1,792 2,238 2,611 2,688 2,984 3,584 4,476 5,222 5,376 5,968 7,833 8,952 10,444 10,752 11,936 15,666 17,904 20,888 23,872 31,332 35,808 41,776 47,744 62,664 71,616 83,552 95,488 125,328 143,232 167,104 190,976 250,656 286,464 334,208 501,312 572,928 668,416 1,002,624 1,336,832 2,005,248 and 4,010,496, with no remainder.

Since 4,010,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,010,496, 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).