Q: Is 4,395,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,395,216 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 4,395,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 103 112 127 168 206 254 309 336 381 412 508 618 721 762 824 889 1,016 1,236 1,442 1,524 1,648 1,778 2,032 2,163 2,472 2,667 2,884 3,048 3,556 4,326 4,944 5,334 5,768 6,096 7,112 8,652 10,668 11,536 13,081 14,224 17,304 21,336 26,162 34,608 39,243 42,672 52,324 78,486 91,567 104,648 156,972 183,134 209,296 274,701 313,944 366,268 549,402 627,888 732,536 1,098,804 1,465,072 2,197,608 and 4,395,216, with no remainder.

Since 4,395,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,395,216, 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).