Q: Is 4,343,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,343,872 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 4,343,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 23 26 32 46 52 64 92 104 184 208 227 299 368 416 454 598 736 832 908 1,196 1,472 1,816 2,392 2,951 3,632 4,784 5,221 5,902 7,264 9,568 10,442 11,804 14,528 19,136 20,884 23,608 41,768 47,216 67,873 83,536 94,432 135,746 167,072 188,864 271,492 334,144 542,984 1,085,968 2,171,936 and 4,343,872, with no remainder.

Since 4,343,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,343,872, 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).