Q: Is 4,075,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,075,968 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 4,075,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 23 24 26 32 39 46 48 52 64 69 71 78 92 96 104 138 142 156 184 192 208 213 276 284 299 312 368 416 426 552 568 598 624 736 832 852 897 923 1,104 1,136 1,196 1,248 1,472 1,633 1,704 1,794 1,846 2,208 2,272 2,392 2,496 2,769 3,266 3,408 3,588 3,692 4,416 4,544 4,784 4,899 5,538 6,532 6,816 7,176 7,384 9,568 9,798 11,076 13,064 13,632 14,352 14,768 19,136 19,596 21,229 22,152 26,128 28,704 29,536 39,192 42,458 44,304 52,256 57,408 59,072 63,687 78,384 84,916 88,608 104,512 127,374 156,768 169,832 177,216 254,748 313,536 339,664 509,496 679,328 1,018,992 1,358,656 2,037,984 and 4,075,968, with no remainder.

Since 4,075,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,075,968, 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).