Q: Is 4,426,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,426,224 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 4,426,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 83 88 101 132 166 176 202 249 264 303 332 404 498 528 606 664 808 913 996 1,111 1,212 1,328 1,616 1,826 1,992 2,222 2,424 2,739 3,333 3,652 3,984 4,444 4,848 5,478 6,666 7,304 8,383 8,888 10,956 13,332 14,608 16,766 17,776 21,912 25,149 26,664 33,532 43,824 50,298 53,328 67,064 92,213 100,596 134,128 184,426 201,192 276,639 368,852 402,384 553,278 737,704 1,106,556 1,475,408 2,213,112 and 4,426,224, with no remainder.

Since 4,426,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,426,224, 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).