Q: Is 4,213,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,213,248 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 4,213,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 128 156 192 208 211 256 312 384 416 422 512 624 633 768 832 844 1,248 1,266 1,536 1,664 1,688 2,496 2,532 2,743 3,328 3,376 4,992 5,064 5,486 6,656 6,752 8,229 9,984 10,128 10,972 13,504 16,458 19,968 20,256 21,944 27,008 32,916 40,512 43,888 54,016 65,832 81,024 87,776 108,032 131,664 162,048 175,552 263,328 324,096 351,104 526,656 702,208 1,053,312 1,404,416 2,106,624 and 4,213,248, with no remainder.

Since 4,213,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,213,248, 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).