Q: Is 4,349,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,349,424 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 4,349,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 37 48 62 74 79 93 111 124 148 158 186 222 237 248 296 316 372 444 474 496 592 632 744 888 948 1,147 1,264 1,488 1,776 1,896 2,294 2,449 2,923 3,441 3,792 4,588 4,898 5,846 6,882 7,347 8,769 9,176 9,796 11,692 13,764 14,694 17,538 18,352 19,592 23,384 27,528 29,388 35,076 39,184 46,768 55,056 58,776 70,152 90,613 117,552 140,304 181,226 271,839 362,452 543,678 724,904 1,087,356 1,449,808 2,174,712 and 4,349,424, with no remainder.

Since 4,349,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,349,424, 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).