Q: Is 4,260,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,260,744 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 4,260,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 51 59 68 72 102 118 136 153 177 204 236 306 354 408 472 531 612 708 1,003 1,062 1,224 1,416 2,006 2,124 3,009 3,481 4,012 4,248 6,018 6,962 8,024 9,027 10,443 12,036 13,924 18,054 20,886 24,072 27,848 31,329 36,108 41,772 59,177 62,658 72,216 83,544 118,354 125,316 177,531 236,708 250,632 355,062 473,416 532,593 710,124 1,065,186 1,420,248 2,130,372 and 4,260,744, with no remainder.

Since 4,260,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,260,744, 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).