Q: Is 4,278,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,278,736 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 4,278,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 23 28 44 46 56 77 88 92 112 151 154 161 176 184 253 302 308 322 368 506 604 616 644 1,012 1,057 1,208 1,232 1,288 1,661 1,771 2,024 2,114 2,416 2,576 3,322 3,473 3,542 4,048 4,228 6,644 6,946 7,084 8,456 11,627 13,288 13,892 14,168 16,912 23,254 24,311 26,576 27,784 28,336 38,203 46,508 48,622 55,568 76,406 93,016 97,244 152,812 186,032 194,488 267,421 305,624 388,976 534,842 611,248 1,069,684 2,139,368 and 4,278,736, with no remainder.

Since 4,278,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,278,736, 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).