Q: Is 4,196,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,196,016 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 4,196,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 883 1,188 1,584 1,766 2,376 2,649 3,532 4,752 5,298 7,064 7,947 9,713 10,596 14,128 15,894 19,426 21,192 23,841 29,139 31,788 38,852 42,384 47,682 58,278 63,576 77,704 87,417 95,364 116,556 127,152 155,408 174,834 190,728 233,112 262,251 349,668 381,456 466,224 524,502 699,336 1,049,004 1,398,672 2,098,008 and 4,196,016, with no remainder.

Since 4,196,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,196,016, 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).