Q: Is 4,331,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,331,304 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 4,331,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 43 72 86 129 172 258 344 387 516 774 1,032 1,399 1,548 2,798 3,096 4,197 5,596 8,394 11,192 12,591 16,788 25,182 33,576 50,364 60,157 100,728 120,314 180,471 240,628 360,942 481,256 541,413 721,884 1,082,826 1,443,768 2,165,652 and 4,331,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,331,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,331,304, 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).