Q: Is 4,521,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,521,216 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 4,521,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 64 84 87 96 112 116 128 168 174 192 203 224 232 256 336 348 384 406 448 464 609 672 696 768 812 841 896 928 1,218 1,344 1,392 1,624 1,682 1,792 1,856 2,436 2,523 2,688 2,784 3,248 3,364 3,712 4,872 5,046 5,376 5,568 5,887 6,496 6,728 7,424 9,744 10,092 11,136 11,774 12,992 13,456 17,661 19,488 20,184 22,272 23,548 25,984 26,912 35,322 38,976 40,368 47,096 51,968 53,824 70,644 77,952 80,736 94,192 107,648 141,288 155,904 161,472 188,384 215,296 282,576 322,944 376,768 565,152 645,888 753,536 1,130,304 1,507,072 2,260,608 and 4,521,216, with no remainder.

Since 4,521,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,521,216, 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).