Q: Is 4,124,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,124,032 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 4,124,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 29 32 44 58 64 88 101 116 128 176 202 232 319 352 404 464 638 704 808 928 1,111 1,276 1,408 1,616 1,856 2,222 2,552 2,929 3,232 3,712 4,444 5,104 5,858 6,464 8,888 10,208 11,716 12,928 17,776 20,416 23,432 32,219 35,552 40,832 46,864 64,438 71,104 93,728 128,876 142,208 187,456 257,752 374,912 515,504 1,031,008 2,062,016 and 4,124,032, with no remainder.

Since 4,124,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,124,032, 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).