Q: Is 4,102,098 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,102,098 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 4,102,098 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 26 33 39 42 66 77 78 91 143 154 182 231 273 286 429 462 546 683 858 1,001 1,366 2,002 2,049 3,003 4,098 4,781 6,006 7,513 8,879 9,562 14,343 15,026 17,758 22,539 26,637 28,686 45,078 52,591 53,274 62,153 97,669 105,182 124,306 157,773 186,459 195,338 293,007 315,546 372,918 586,014 683,683 1,367,366 2,051,049 and 4,102,098, with no remainder.

Since 4,102,098 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,102,098, 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).