Q: Is 4,037,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,037,688 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 4,037,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 67 72 81 93 108 124 134 162 186 201 216 243 248 268 279 324 372 402 486 536 558 603 648 744 804 837 972 1,116 1,206 1,608 1,674 1,809 1,944 2,077 2,232 2,412 2,511 3,348 3,618 4,154 4,824 5,022 5,427 6,231 6,696 7,236 7,533 8,308 10,044 10,854 12,462 14,472 15,066 16,281 16,616 18,693 20,088 21,708 24,924 30,132 32,562 37,386 43,416 49,848 56,079 60,264 65,124 74,772 112,158 130,248 149,544 168,237 224,316 336,474 448,632 504,711 672,948 1,009,422 1,345,896 2,018,844 and 4,037,688, with no remainder.

Since 4,037,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,037,688, 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).