Q: Is 4,324,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,324,248 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 4,324,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 29 36 38 57 58 72 76 87 109 114 116 152 171 174 218 228 232 261 327 342 348 436 456 522 551 654 684 696 872 981 1,044 1,102 1,308 1,368 1,653 1,962 2,071 2,088 2,204 2,616 3,161 3,306 3,924 4,142 4,408 4,959 6,213 6,322 6,612 7,848 8,284 9,483 9,918 12,426 12,644 13,224 16,568 18,639 18,966 19,836 24,852 25,288 28,449 37,278 37,932 39,672 49,704 56,898 60,059 74,556 75,864 113,796 120,118 149,112 180,177 227,592 240,236 360,354 480,472 540,531 720,708 1,081,062 1,441,416 2,162,124 and 4,324,248, with no remainder.

Since 4,324,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,324,248, 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).