Q: Is 4,317,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,317,888 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 4,317,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 43 48 64 86 96 129 172 192 258 344 516 523 688 1,032 1,046 1,376 1,569 2,064 2,092 2,752 3,138 4,128 4,184 6,276 8,256 8,368 12,552 16,736 22,489 25,104 33,472 44,978 50,208 67,467 89,956 100,416 134,934 179,912 269,868 359,824 539,736 719,648 1,079,472 1,439,296 2,158,944 and 4,317,888, with no remainder.

Since 4,317,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,317,888, 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).