Q: Is 4,239,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,239,684 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 4,239,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 31 36 58 62 87 93 116 124 131 174 186 261 262 279 348 372 393 522 524 558 786 899 1,044 1,116 1,179 1,572 1,798 2,358 2,697 3,596 3,799 4,061 4,716 5,394 7,598 8,091 8,122 10,788 11,397 12,183 15,196 16,182 16,244 22,794 24,366 32,364 34,191 36,549 45,588 48,732 68,382 73,098 117,769 136,764 146,196 235,538 353,307 471,076 706,614 1,059,921 1,413,228 2,119,842 and 4,239,684, with no remainder.

Since 4,239,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,239,684, 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).