Q: Is 4,215,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,215,072 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 4,215,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 46 48 69 83 92 96 138 166 184 249 276 332 368 498 529 552 664 736 996 1,058 1,104 1,328 1,587 1,909 1,992 2,116 2,208 2,656 3,174 3,818 3,984 4,232 5,727 6,348 7,636 7,968 8,464 11,454 12,696 15,272 16,928 22,908 25,392 30,544 43,907 45,816 50,784 61,088 87,814 91,632 131,721 175,628 183,264 263,442 351,256 526,884 702,512 1,053,768 1,405,024 2,107,536 and 4,215,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,215,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,215,072, 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).