Q: Is 4,178,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,178,736 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 4,178,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 459 569 612 816 918 1,138 1,224 1,707 1,836 2,276 2,448 3,414 3,672 4,552 5,121 6,828 7,344 9,104 9,673 10,242 13,656 15,363 19,346 20,484 27,312 29,019 30,726 38,692 40,968 58,038 61,452 77,384 81,936 87,057 116,076 122,904 154,768 174,114 232,152 245,808 261,171 348,228 464,304 522,342 696,456 1,044,684 1,392,912 2,089,368 and 4,178,736, with no remainder.

Since 4,178,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,178,736, 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).