Q: Is 4,175,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,175,304 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 4,175,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 29 42 56 58 84 87 116 168 174 203 232 348 406 609 696 812 857 1,218 1,624 1,714 2,436 2,571 3,428 4,872 5,142 5,999 6,856 10,284 11,998 17,997 20,568 23,996 24,853 35,994 47,992 49,706 71,988 74,559 99,412 143,976 149,118 173,971 198,824 298,236 347,942 521,913 596,472 695,884 1,043,826 1,391,768 2,087,652 and 4,175,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,175,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,175,304, 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).