Q: Is 4,096,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,096,224 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 4,096,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 288 297 352 396 431 432 528 594 792 862 864 1,056 1,188 1,293 1,584 1,724 2,376 2,586 3,168 3,448 3,879 4,741 4,752 5,172 6,896 7,758 9,482 9,504 10,344 11,637 13,792 14,223 15,516 18,964 20,688 23,274 28,446 31,032 37,928 41,376 42,669 46,548 56,892 62,064 75,856 85,338 93,096 113,784 124,128 128,007 151,712 170,676 186,192 227,568 256,014 341,352 372,384 455,136 512,028 682,704 1,024,056 1,365,408 2,048,112 and 4,096,224, with no remainder.

Since 4,096,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,096,224, 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).