Q: Is 4,292,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,292,928 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 4,292,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 64 72 87 96 116 144 174 192 232 257 261 288 348 464 514 522 576 696 771 928 1,028 1,044 1,392 1,542 1,856 2,056 2,088 2,313 2,784 3,084 4,112 4,176 4,626 5,568 6,168 7,453 8,224 8,352 9,252 12,336 14,906 16,448 16,704 18,504 22,359 24,672 29,812 37,008 44,718 49,344 59,624 67,077 74,016 89,436 119,248 134,154 148,032 178,872 238,496 268,308 357,744 476,992 536,616 715,488 1,073,232 1,430,976 2,146,464 and 4,292,928, with no remainder.

Since 4,292,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,292,928, 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).