Q: Is 4,201,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,201,516 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 4,201,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 17 22 34 41 44 68 82 137 164 187 274 374 451 548 697 748 902 1,394 1,507 1,804 2,329 2,788 3,014 4,658 5,617 6,028 7,667 9,316 11,234 15,334 22,468 25,619 30,668 51,238 61,787 95,489 102,476 123,574 190,978 247,148 381,956 1,050,379 2,100,758 and 4,201,516, with no remainder.

Since 4,201,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,201,516, 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).