Q: Is 4,273,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,273,152 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 4,273,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 107 128 156 192 208 214 256 312 321 384 416 428 512 624 642 768 832 856 1,024 1,248 1,284 1,391 1,536 1,664 1,712 2,496 2,568 2,782 3,072 3,328 3,424 4,173 4,992 5,136 5,564 6,656 6,848 8,346 9,984 10,272 11,128 13,312 13,696 16,692 19,968 20,544 22,256 27,392 33,384 39,936 41,088 44,512 54,784 66,768 82,176 89,024 109,568 133,536 164,352 178,048 267,072 328,704 356,096 534,144 712,192 1,068,288 1,424,384 2,136,576 and 4,273,152, with no remainder.

Since 4,273,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,273,152, 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).