Q: Is 4,210,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,210,272 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 4,210,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 288 297 352 396 432 443 528 594 792 864 886 1,056 1,188 1,329 1,584 1,772 2,376 2,658 3,168 3,544 3,987 4,752 4,873 5,316 7,088 7,974 9,504 9,746 10,632 11,961 14,176 14,619 15,948 19,492 21,264 23,922 29,238 31,896 38,984 42,528 43,857 47,844 58,476 63,792 77,968 87,714 95,688 116,952 127,584 131,571 155,936 175,428 191,376 233,904 263,142 350,856 382,752 467,808 526,284 701,712 1,052,568 1,403,424 2,105,136 and 4,210,272, with no remainder.

Since 4,210,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,210,272, 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).