Q: Is 4,204,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,204,992 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 4,204,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 121 132 176 181 192 242 264 352 362 363 484 528 543 704 724 726 968 1,056 1,086 1,448 1,452 1,936 1,991 2,112 2,172 2,896 2,904 3,872 3,982 4,344 5,792 5,808 5,973 7,744 7,964 8,688 11,584 11,616 11,946 15,928 17,376 21,901 23,232 23,892 31,856 34,752 43,802 47,784 63,712 65,703 87,604 95,568 127,424 131,406 175,208 191,136 262,812 350,416 382,272 525,624 700,832 1,051,248 1,401,664 2,102,496 and 4,204,992, with no remainder.

Since 4,204,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,204,992, 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).