Q: Is 4,124,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,124,484 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 4,124,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 28 36 39 42 52 63 78 84 91 117 126 156 182 234 252 273 364 468 546 819 1,092 1,259 1,638 2,518 3,276 3,777 5,036 7,554 8,813 11,331 15,108 16,367 17,626 22,662 26,439 32,734 35,252 45,324 49,101 52,878 65,468 79,317 98,202 105,756 114,569 147,303 158,634 196,404 229,138 294,606 317,268 343,707 458,276 589,212 687,414 1,031,121 1,374,828 2,062,242 and 4,124,484, with no remainder.

Since 4,124,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,124,484, 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).