Q: Is 4,138,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,138,992 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 4,138,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 27 33 36 39 44 48 52 54 66 67 72 78 88 99 104 108 117 132 134 143 144 156 176 198 201 208 216 234 264 268 286 297 312 351 396 402 429 432 468 528 536 572 594 603 624 702 737 792 804 858 871 936 1,072 1,144 1,188 1,206 1,287 1,404 1,474 1,584 1,608 1,716 1,742 1,809 1,872 2,211 2,288 2,376 2,412 2,574 2,613 2,808 2,948 3,216 3,432 3,484 3,618 3,861 4,422 4,752 4,824 5,148 5,226 5,616 5,896 6,633 6,864 6,968 7,236 7,722 7,839 8,844 9,581 9,648 10,296 10,452 11,792 13,266 13,936 14,472 15,444 15,678 17,688 19,162 19,899 20,592 20,904 23,517 26,532 28,743 28,944 30,888 31,356 35,376 38,324 39,798 41,808 47,034 53,064 57,486 61,776 62,712 76,648 79,596 86,229 94,068 106,128 114,972 125,424 153,296 159,192 172,458 188,136 229,944 258,687 318,384 344,916 376,272 459,888 517,374 689,832 1,034,748 1,379,664 2,069,496 and 4,138,992, with no remainder.

Since 4,138,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,138,992, 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).