Q: Is 4,163,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,163,724 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 4,163,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 71 81 108 142 162 181 213 284 324 362 426 543 639 724 852 1,086 1,278 1,629 1,917 2,172 2,556 3,258 3,834 4,887 5,751 6,516 7,668 9,774 11,502 12,851 14,661 19,548 23,004 25,702 29,322 38,553 51,404 58,644 77,106 115,659 154,212 231,318 346,977 462,636 693,954 1,040,931 1,387,908 2,081,862 and 4,163,724, with no remainder.

Since 4,163,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,163,724, 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).