Q: Is 4,273,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,273,308 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 4,273,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 23 26 36 39 46 52 69 78 92 117 138 156 207 234 276 299 397 414 468 598 794 828 897 1,191 1,196 1,588 1,794 2,382 2,691 3,573 3,588 4,764 5,161 5,382 7,146 9,131 10,322 10,764 14,292 15,483 18,262 20,644 27,393 30,966 36,524 46,449 54,786 61,932 82,179 92,898 109,572 118,703 164,358 185,796 237,406 328,716 356,109 474,812 712,218 1,068,327 1,424,436 2,136,654 and 4,273,308, with no remainder.

Since 4,273,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,273,308, 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).