Q: Is 4,274,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,274,028 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 4,274,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 43 44 66 86 99 129 132 172 198 251 258 387 396 473 502 516 753 774 946 1,004 1,419 1,506 1,548 1,892 2,259 2,761 2,838 3,012 4,257 4,518 5,522 5,676 8,283 8,514 9,036 10,793 11,044 16,566 17,028 21,586 24,849 32,379 33,132 43,172 49,698 64,758 97,137 99,396 118,723 129,516 194,274 237,446 356,169 388,548 474,892 712,338 1,068,507 1,424,676 2,137,014 and 4,274,028, with no remainder.

Since 4,274,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,274,028, 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).