Q: Is 4,332,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,332,432 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 4,332,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 53 78 104 106 131 156 159 208 212 262 312 318 393 424 524 624 636 689 786 848 1,048 1,272 1,378 1,572 1,703 2,067 2,096 2,544 2,756 3,144 3,406 4,134 5,109 5,512 6,288 6,812 6,943 8,268 10,218 11,024 13,624 13,886 16,536 20,436 20,829 27,248 27,772 33,072 40,872 41,658 55,544 81,744 83,316 90,259 111,088 166,632 180,518 270,777 333,264 361,036 541,554 722,072 1,083,108 1,444,144 2,166,216 and 4,332,432, with no remainder.

Since 4,332,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,332,432, 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).