Q: Is 4,102,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,102,272 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 4,102,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 288 384 432 576 864 1,152 1,187 1,728 2,374 3,456 3,561 4,748 7,122 9,496 10,683 14,244 18,992 21,366 28,488 32,049 37,984 42,732 56,976 64,098 75,968 85,464 113,952 128,196 151,936 170,928 227,904 256,392 341,856 455,808 512,784 683,712 1,025,568 1,367,424 2,051,136 and 4,102,272, with no remainder.

Since 4,102,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,102,272, 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).