Q: Is 4,277,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,277,728 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 4,277,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 52 56 91 104 112 113 169 182 208 224 226 338 364 416 452 676 728 791 904 1,183 1,352 1,456 1,469 1,582 1,808 2,366 2,704 2,912 2,938 3,164 3,616 4,732 5,408 5,876 6,328 9,464 10,283 11,752 12,656 18,928 19,097 20,566 23,504 25,312 37,856 38,194 41,132 47,008 76,388 82,264 133,679 152,776 164,528 267,358 305,552 329,056 534,716 611,104 1,069,432 2,138,864 and 4,277,728, with no remainder.

Since 4,277,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,277,728, 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).