Q: Is 4,312,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,312,704 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 4,312,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 264 352 384 528 704 1,021 1,056 1,408 2,042 2,112 3,063 4,084 4,224 6,126 8,168 11,231 12,252 16,336 22,462 24,504 32,672 33,693 44,924 49,008 65,344 67,386 89,848 98,016 130,688 134,772 179,696 196,032 269,544 359,392 392,064 539,088 718,784 1,078,176 1,437,568 2,156,352 and 4,312,704, with no remainder.

Since 4,312,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,312,704, 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).