Q: Is 4,079,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,079,712 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 4,079,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 96 104 112 156 168 182 208 224 273 312 336 364 416 467 546 624 672 728 934 1,092 1,248 1,401 1,456 1,868 2,184 2,802 2,912 3,269 3,736 4,368 5,604 6,071 6,538 7,472 8,736 9,807 11,208 12,142 13,076 14,944 18,213 19,614 22,416 24,284 26,152 36,426 39,228 42,497 44,832 48,568 52,304 72,852 78,456 84,994 97,136 104,608 127,491 145,704 156,912 169,988 194,272 254,982 291,408 313,824 339,976 509,964 582,816 679,952 1,019,928 1,359,904 2,039,856 and 4,079,712, with no remainder.

Since 4,079,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,079,712, 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).