Q: Is 4,163,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,163,616 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 4,163,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 61 72 79 96 108 122 144 158 183 216 237 244 288 316 366 432 474 488 549 632 711 732 864 948 976 1,098 1,264 1,422 1,464 1,647 1,896 1,952 2,133 2,196 2,528 2,844 2,928 3,294 3,792 4,266 4,392 4,819 5,688 5,856 6,588 7,584 8,532 8,784 9,638 11,376 13,176 14,457 17,064 17,568 19,276 22,752 26,352 28,914 34,128 38,552 43,371 52,704 57,828 68,256 77,104 86,742 115,656 130,113 154,208 173,484 231,312 260,226 346,968 462,624 520,452 693,936 1,040,904 1,387,872 2,081,808 and 4,163,616, with no remainder.

Since 4,163,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,163,616, 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).