Q: Is 4,321,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,321,968 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 4,321,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 677 798 912 1,064 1,354 1,596 2,031 2,128 2,708 3,192 4,062 4,739 5,416 6,384 8,124 9,478 10,832 12,863 14,217 16,248 18,956 25,726 28,434 32,496 37,912 38,589 51,452 56,868 75,824 77,178 90,041 102,904 113,736 154,356 180,082 205,808 227,472 270,123 308,712 360,164 540,246 617,424 720,328 1,080,492 1,440,656 2,160,984 and 4,321,968, with no remainder.

Since 4,321,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,321,968, 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).