Q: Is 4,219,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,219,248 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 4,219,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 61 66 88 122 131 132 176 183 244 262 264 366 393 488 524 528 671 732 786 976 1,048 1,342 1,441 1,464 1,572 2,013 2,096 2,684 2,882 2,928 3,144 4,026 4,323 5,368 5,764 6,288 7,991 8,052 8,646 10,736 11,528 15,982 16,104 17,292 23,056 23,973 31,964 32,208 34,584 47,946 63,928 69,168 87,901 95,892 127,856 175,802 191,784 263,703 351,604 383,568 527,406 703,208 1,054,812 1,406,416 2,109,624 and 4,219,248, with no remainder.

Since 4,219,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,219,248, 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).