Q: Is 4,217,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,217,004 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 4,217,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 23 33 36 44 46 66 69 92 99 132 138 198 207 253 276 396 414 463 506 759 828 926 1,012 1,389 1,518 1,852 2,277 2,778 3,036 4,167 4,554 5,093 5,556 8,334 9,108 10,186 10,649 15,279 16,668 20,372 21,298 30,558 31,947 42,596 45,837 61,116 63,894 91,674 95,841 117,139 127,788 183,348 191,682 234,278 351,417 383,364 468,556 702,834 1,054,251 1,405,668 2,108,502 and 4,217,004, with no remainder.

Since 4,217,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,217,004, 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).