Q: Is 4,343,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,343,304 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 4,343,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 103 168 206 251 309 412 502 618 721 753 824 1,004 1,236 1,442 1,506 1,757 2,008 2,163 2,472 2,884 3,012 3,514 4,326 5,271 5,768 6,024 7,028 8,652 10,542 14,056 17,304 21,084 25,853 42,168 51,706 77,559 103,412 155,118 180,971 206,824 310,236 361,942 542,913 620,472 723,884 1,085,826 1,447,768 2,171,652 and 4,343,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,343,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,343,304, 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).