Q: Is 4,131,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,131,072 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 4,131,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 163 176 192 198 256 264 288 326 352 384 396 489 528 576 652 704 768 792 978 1,056 1,152 1,304 1,408 1,467 1,584 1,793 1,956 2,112 2,304 2,608 2,816 2,934 3,168 3,586 3,912 4,224 5,216 5,379 5,868 6,336 7,172 7,824 8,448 10,432 10,758 11,736 12,672 14,344 15,648 16,137 20,864 21,516 23,472 25,344 28,688 31,296 32,274 41,728 43,032 46,944 57,376 62,592 64,548 86,064 93,888 114,752 125,184 129,096 172,128 187,776 229,504 258,192 344,256 375,552 459,008 516,384 688,512 1,032,768 1,377,024 2,065,536 and 4,131,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,131,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,131,072, 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).