Q: Is 4,167,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,167,648 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 4,167,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 116 144 174 232 261 288 348 464 499 522 696 928 998 1,044 1,392 1,497 1,996 2,088 2,784 2,994 3,992 4,176 4,491 5,988 7,984 8,352 8,982 11,976 14,471 15,968 17,964 23,952 28,942 35,928 43,413 47,904 57,884 71,856 86,826 115,768 130,239 143,712 173,652 231,536 260,478 347,304 463,072 520,956 694,608 1,041,912 1,389,216 2,083,824 and 4,167,648, with no remainder.

Since 4,167,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,167,648, 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).