Q: Is 4,175,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,175,472 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 4,175,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 43 48 51 56 68 84 86 102 112 119 129 136 168 172 204 238 258 272 289 301 336 344 357 408 476 516 578 602 688 714 731 816 867 903 952 1,032 1,156 1,204 1,428 1,462 1,734 1,806 1,904 2,023 2,064 2,193 2,312 2,408 2,856 2,924 3,468 3,612 4,046 4,386 4,624 4,816 5,117 5,712 5,848 6,069 6,936 7,224 8,092 8,772 10,234 11,696 12,138 12,427 13,872 14,448 15,351 16,184 17,544 20,468 24,276 24,854 30,702 32,368 35,088 37,281 40,936 48,552 49,708 61,404 74,562 81,872 86,989 97,104 99,416 122,808 149,124 173,978 198,832 245,616 260,967 298,248 347,956 521,934 596,496 695,912 1,043,868 1,391,824 2,087,736 and 4,175,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,175,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,175,472, 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).