Q: Is 4,351,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,351,428 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 4,351,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 43 54 86 108 129 172 258 387 516 774 937 1,161 1,548 1,874 2,322 2,811 3,748 4,644 5,622 8,433 11,244 16,866 25,299 33,732 40,291 50,598 80,582 101,196 120,873 161,164 241,746 362,619 483,492 725,238 1,087,857 1,450,476 2,175,714 and 4,351,428, with no remainder.

Since 4,351,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,351,428, 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).