Q: Is 4,297,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,297,248 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 4,297,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 129 144 172 258 288 344 347 387 516 688 694 774 1,032 1,041 1,376 1,388 1,548 2,064 2,082 2,776 3,096 3,123 4,128 4,164 5,552 6,192 6,246 8,328 11,104 12,384 12,492 14,921 16,656 24,984 29,842 33,312 44,763 49,968 59,684 89,526 99,936 119,368 134,289 179,052 238,736 268,578 358,104 477,472 537,156 716,208 1,074,312 1,432,416 2,148,624 and 4,297,248, with no remainder.

Since 4,297,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,297,248, 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).