Q: Is 4,291,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,291,704 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 4,291,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 81 108 111 148 162 179 216 222 296 324 333 358 444 537 648 666 716 888 999 1,074 1,332 1,432 1,611 1,998 2,148 2,664 2,997 3,222 3,996 4,296 4,833 5,994 6,444 6,623 7,992 9,666 11,988 12,888 13,246 14,499 19,332 19,869 23,976 26,492 28,998 38,664 39,738 52,984 57,996 59,607 79,476 115,992 119,214 158,952 178,821 238,428 357,642 476,856 536,463 715,284 1,072,926 1,430,568 2,145,852 and 4,291,704, with no remainder.

Since 4,291,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,291,704, 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).