Q: Is 4,412,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,412,304 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 4,412,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,872 2,357 4,714 7,071 9,428 14,142 18,856 21,213 28,284 30,641 37,712 42,426 56,568 61,282 84,852 91,923 113,136 122,564 169,704 183,846 245,128 275,769 339,408 367,692 490,256 551,538 735,384 1,103,076 1,470,768 2,206,152 and 4,412,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,412,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,412,304, 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).