Q: Is 4,267,926 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,267,926 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 4,267,926 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 23 26 39 46 61 69 78 117 122 138 169 183 207 234 299 338 366 414 507 549 598 793 897 1,014 1,098 1,403 1,521 1,586 1,794 2,379 2,691 2,806 3,042 3,887 4,209 4,758 5,382 7,137 7,774 8,418 10,309 11,661 12,627 14,274 18,239 20,618 23,322 25,254 30,927 34,983 36,478 54,717 61,854 69,966 92,781 109,434 164,151 185,562 237,107 328,302 474,214 711,321 1,422,642 2,133,963 and 4,267,926, with no remainder.

Since 4,267,926 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,267,926, 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).