Q: Is 4,243,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,243,344 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 4,243,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 73 84 112 146 168 173 219 292 336 346 438 511 519 584 692 876 1,022 1,038 1,168 1,211 1,384 1,533 1,752 2,044 2,076 2,422 2,768 3,066 3,504 3,633 4,088 4,152 4,844 6,132 7,266 8,176 8,304 9,688 12,264 12,629 14,532 19,376 24,528 25,258 29,064 37,887 50,516 58,128 75,774 88,403 101,032 151,548 176,806 202,064 265,209 303,096 353,612 530,418 606,192 707,224 1,060,836 1,414,448 2,121,672 and 4,243,344, with no remainder.

Since 4,243,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,243,344, 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).