Q: Is 4,040,244 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,040,244 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 4,040,244 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 89 97 117 156 178 194 234 267 291 356 388 468 534 582 801 873 1,068 1,157 1,164 1,261 1,602 1,746 2,314 2,522 3,204 3,471 3,492 3,783 4,628 5,044 6,942 7,566 8,633 10,413 11,349 13,884 15,132 17,266 20,826 22,698 25,899 34,532 41,652 45,396 51,798 77,697 103,596 112,229 155,394 224,458 310,788 336,687 448,916 673,374 1,010,061 1,346,748 2,020,122 and 4,040,244, with no remainder.

Since 4,040,244 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,040,244, 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).