Q: Is 4,169,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,169,968 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 4,169,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 29 38 43 44 58 76 86 88 116 152 172 176 209 232 304 319 344 418 464 473 551 638 688 817 836 946 1,102 1,247 1,276 1,634 1,672 1,892 2,204 2,494 2,552 3,268 3,344 3,784 4,408 4,988 5,104 6,061 6,536 7,568 8,816 8,987 9,976 12,122 13,072 13,717 17,974 19,952 23,693 24,244 27,434 35,948 47,386 48,488 54,868 71,896 94,772 96,976 109,736 143,792 189,544 219,472 260,623 379,088 521,246 1,042,492 2,084,984 and 4,169,968, with no remainder.

Since 4,169,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,169,968, 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).