Q: Is 4,270,932 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,270,932 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 4,270,932 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 31 36 43 62 86 89 93 124 129 172 178 186 258 267 279 356 372 387 516 534 558 774 801 1,068 1,116 1,333 1,548 1,602 2,666 2,759 3,204 3,827 3,999 5,332 5,518 7,654 7,998 8,277 11,036 11,481 11,997 15,308 15,996 16,554 22,962 23,994 24,831 33,108 34,443 45,924 47,988 49,662 68,886 99,324 118,637 137,772 237,274 355,911 474,548 711,822 1,067,733 1,423,644 2,135,466 and 4,270,932, with no remainder.

Since 4,270,932 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,270,932, 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).