Q: Is 4,174,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,174,016 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 4,174,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 49 56 64 77 88 98 112 121 154 176 196 224 242 308 352 392 448 484 539 616 704 784 847 968 1,078 1,232 1,331 1,568 1,694 1,936 2,156 2,464 2,662 3,136 3,388 3,872 4,312 4,928 5,324 5,929 6,776 7,744 8,624 9,317 10,648 11,858 13,552 17,248 18,634 21,296 23,716 27,104 34,496 37,268 42,592 47,432 54,208 65,219 74,536 85,184 94,864 130,438 149,072 189,728 260,876 298,144 379,456 521,752 596,288 1,043,504 2,087,008 and 4,174,016, with no remainder.

Since 4,174,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,174,016, 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).