Q: Is 4,373,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,373,352 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 4,373,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 306 324 397 408 459 612 648 794 918 1,191 1,224 1,377 1,588 1,836 2,382 2,754 3,176 3,573 3,672 4,764 5,508 6,749 7,146 9,528 10,719 11,016 13,498 14,292 20,247 21,438 26,996 28,584 32,157 40,494 42,876 53,992 60,741 64,314 80,988 85,752 121,482 128,628 161,976 182,223 242,964 257,256 364,446 485,928 546,669 728,892 1,093,338 1,457,784 2,186,676 and 4,373,352, with no remainder.

Since 4,373,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,373,352, 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).