Q: Is 4,311,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,311,024 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 4,311,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 29 38 48 57 58 76 87 114 116 152 163 174 228 232 304 326 348 456 464 489 551 652 696 912 978 1,102 1,304 1,392 1,653 1,956 2,204 2,608 3,097 3,306 3,912 4,408 4,727 6,194 6,612 7,824 8,816 9,291 9,454 12,388 13,224 14,181 18,582 18,908 24,776 26,448 28,362 37,164 37,816 49,552 56,724 74,328 75,632 89,813 113,448 148,656 179,626 226,896 269,439 359,252 538,878 718,504 1,077,756 1,437,008 2,155,512 and 4,311,024, with no remainder.

Since 4,311,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,311,024, 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).