Q: Is 4,225,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,225,008 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 4,225,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 43 46 48 69 86 89 92 129 138 172 178 184 258 267 276 344 356 368 516 534 552 688 712 989 1,032 1,068 1,104 1,424 1,978 2,047 2,064 2,136 2,967 3,827 3,956 4,094 4,272 5,934 6,141 7,654 7,912 8,188 11,481 11,868 12,282 15,308 15,824 16,376 22,962 23,736 24,564 30,616 32,752 45,924 47,472 49,128 61,232 88,021 91,848 98,256 176,042 183,696 264,063 352,084 528,126 704,168 1,056,252 1,408,336 2,112,504 and 4,225,008, with no remainder.

Since 4,225,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,225,008, 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).