Q: Is 4,377,204 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,377,204 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 4,377,204 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 47 52 78 94 117 141 156 188 199 234 282 398 423 468 564 597 611 796 846 1,194 1,222 1,692 1,791 1,833 2,388 2,444 2,587 3,582 3,666 5,174 5,499 7,164 7,332 7,761 9,353 10,348 10,998 15,522 18,706 21,996 23,283 28,059 31,044 37,412 46,566 56,118 84,177 93,132 112,236 121,589 168,354 243,178 336,708 364,767 486,356 729,534 1,094,301 1,459,068 2,188,602 and 4,377,204, with no remainder.

Since 4,377,204 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,377,204, 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).