Q: Is 4,206,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,206,048 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 4,206,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 569 616 672 924 1,056 1,138 1,232 1,707 1,848 2,276 2,464 3,414 3,696 3,983 4,552 6,259 6,828 7,392 7,966 9,104 11,949 12,518 13,656 15,932 18,208 18,777 23,898 25,036 27,312 31,864 37,554 43,813 47,796 50,072 54,624 63,728 75,108 87,626 95,592 100,144 127,456 131,439 150,216 175,252 191,184 200,288 262,878 300,432 350,504 382,368 525,756 600,864 701,008 1,051,512 1,402,016 2,103,024 and 4,206,048, with no remainder.

Since 4,206,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,206,048, 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).