Q: Is 4,175,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,175,028 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 4,175,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 396 429 468 572 811 858 1,287 1,622 1,716 2,433 2,574 3,244 4,866 5,148 7,299 8,921 9,732 10,543 14,598 17,842 21,086 26,763 29,196 31,629 35,684 42,172 53,526 63,258 80,289 94,887 107,052 115,973 126,516 160,578 189,774 231,946 321,156 347,919 379,548 463,892 695,838 1,043,757 1,391,676 2,087,514 and 4,175,028, with no remainder.

Since 4,175,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,175,028, 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).