Q: Is 4,234,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,234,152 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 4,234,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 41 52 78 82 104 123 156 164 246 312 328 331 492 533 662 984 993 1,066 1,324 1,599 1,986 2,132 2,648 3,198 3,972 4,264 4,303 6,396 7,944 8,606 12,792 12,909 13,571 17,212 25,818 27,142 34,424 40,713 51,636 54,284 81,426 103,272 108,568 162,852 176,423 325,704 352,846 529,269 705,692 1,058,538 1,411,384 2,117,076 and 4,234,152, with no remainder.

Since 4,234,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,234,152, 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).