Q: Is 4,225,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,225,788 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 4,225,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 41 42 63 82 84 123 126 164 246 252 287 369 409 492 574 738 818 861 1,148 1,227 1,476 1,636 1,722 2,454 2,583 2,863 3,444 3,681 4,908 5,166 5,726 7,362 8,589 10,332 11,452 14,724 16,769 17,178 25,767 33,538 34,356 50,307 51,534 67,076 100,614 103,068 117,383 150,921 201,228 234,766 301,842 352,149 469,532 603,684 704,298 1,056,447 1,408,596 2,112,894 and 4,225,788, with no remainder.

Since 4,225,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,225,788, 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).