Q: Is 4,299,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,299,096 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 4,299,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 41 51 68 82 102 123 136 164 204 246 257 328 408 492 514 697 771 984 1,028 1,394 1,542 2,056 2,091 2,788 3,084 4,182 4,369 5,576 6,168 8,364 8,738 10,537 13,107 16,728 17,476 21,074 26,214 31,611 34,952 42,148 52,428 63,222 84,296 104,856 126,444 179,129 252,888 358,258 537,387 716,516 1,074,774 1,433,032 2,149,548 and 4,299,096, with no remainder.

Since 4,299,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,299,096, 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).