Q: Is 4,243,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,243,008 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 4,243,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 41 42 44 48 49 56 64 66 77 82 84 88 96 98 112 123 132 147 154 164 168 176 192 196 224 231 246 264 287 294 308 328 336 352 392 448 451 462 492 528 539 574 588 616 656 672 704 784 861 902 924 984 1,056 1,078 1,148 1,176 1,232 1,312 1,344 1,353 1,568 1,617 1,722 1,804 1,848 1,968 2,009 2,112 2,156 2,296 2,352 2,464 2,624 2,706 3,136 3,157 3,234 3,444 3,608 3,696 3,936 4,018 4,312 4,592 4,704 4,928 5,412 6,027 6,314 6,468 6,888 7,216 7,392 7,872 8,036 8,624 9,184 9,408 9,471 10,824 12,054 12,628 12,936 13,776 14,432 14,784 16,072 17,248 18,368 18,942 21,648 22,099 24,108 25,256 25,872 27,552 28,864 32,144 34,496 37,884 43,296 44,198 48,216 50,512 51,744 55,104 64,288 66,297 75,768 86,592 88,396 96,432 101,024 103,488 128,576 132,594 151,536 176,792 192,864 202,048 265,188 303,072 353,584 385,728 530,376 606,144 707,168 1,060,752 1,414,336 2,121,504 and 4,243,008, with no remainder.

Since 4,243,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,243,008, 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).