Q: Is 4,203,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,203,342 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 4,203,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 23 26 33 39 46 66 69 71 78 99 117 138 142 143 198 207 213 234 253 286 299 414 426 429 506 598 639 759 781 858 897 923 1,278 1,287 1,518 1,562 1,633 1,794 1,846 2,277 2,343 2,574 2,691 2,769 3,266 3,289 4,554 4,686 4,899 5,382 5,538 6,578 7,029 8,307 9,798 9,867 10,153 14,058 14,697 16,614 17,963 19,734 20,306 21,229 29,394 29,601 30,459 35,926 42,458 53,889 59,202 60,918 63,687 91,377 107,778 127,374 161,667 182,754 191,061 233,519 323,334 382,122 467,038 700,557 1,401,114 2,101,671 and 4,203,342, with no remainder.

Since 4,203,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,203,342, 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).