Q: Is 4,072,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,072,848 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 4,072,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 61 78 104 107 122 156 183 208 214 244 312 321 366 428 488 624 642 732 793 856 976 1,284 1,391 1,464 1,586 1,712 2,379 2,568 2,782 2,928 3,172 4,173 4,758 5,136 5,564 6,344 6,527 8,346 9,516 11,128 12,688 13,054 16,692 19,032 19,581 22,256 26,108 33,384 38,064 39,162 52,216 66,768 78,324 84,851 104,432 156,648 169,702 254,553 313,296 339,404 509,106 678,808 1,018,212 1,357,616 2,036,424 and 4,072,848, with no remainder.

Since 4,072,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,072,848, 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).