Q: Is 4,167,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,167,504 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 4,167,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 877 1,188 1,584 1,754 2,376 2,631 3,508 4,752 5,262 7,016 7,893 9,647 10,524 14,032 15,786 19,294 21,048 23,679 28,941 31,572 38,588 42,096 47,358 57,882 63,144 77,176 86,823 94,716 115,764 126,288 154,352 173,646 189,432 231,528 260,469 347,292 378,864 463,056 520,938 694,584 1,041,876 1,389,168 2,083,752 and 4,167,504, with no remainder.

Since 4,167,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,167,504, 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).