Q: Is 4,431,966 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,431,966 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 4,431,966 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 53 66 77 106 154 159 181 231 318 362 371 462 543 583 742 1,086 1,113 1,166 1,267 1,749 1,991 2,226 2,534 3,498 3,801 3,982 4,081 5,973 7,602 8,162 9,593 11,946 12,243 13,937 19,186 24,486 27,874 28,779 41,811 57,558 67,151 83,622 105,523 134,302 201,453 211,046 316,569 402,906 633,138 738,661 1,477,322 2,215,983 and 4,431,966, with no remainder.

Since 4,431,966 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,431,966, 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).