Q: Is 4,267,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,267,008 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 4,267,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 463 512 576 768 926 1,024 1,152 1,389 1,536 1,852 2,304 2,778 3,072 3,704 4,167 4,608 5,556 7,408 8,334 9,216 11,112 14,816 16,668 22,224 29,632 33,336 44,448 59,264 66,672 88,896 118,528 133,344 177,792 237,056 266,688 355,584 474,112 533,376 711,168 1,066,752 1,422,336 2,133,504 and 4,267,008, with no remainder.

Since 4,267,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,267,008, 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).