Q: Is 4,120,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,120,452 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 4,120,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 83 84 126 166 197 249 252 332 394 498 581 591 747 788 996 1,162 1,182 1,379 1,494 1,743 1,773 2,324 2,364 2,758 2,988 3,486 3,546 4,137 5,229 5,516 6,972 7,092 8,274 10,458 12,411 16,351 16,548 20,916 24,822 32,702 49,053 49,644 65,404 98,106 114,457 147,159 196,212 228,914 294,318 343,371 457,828 588,636 686,742 1,030,113 1,373,484 2,060,226 and 4,120,452, with no remainder.

Since 4,120,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,120,452, 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).