Q: Is 4,276,482 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,276,482 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 4,276,482 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 23 38 42 46 57 69 114 133 138 161 233 266 322 399 437 466 483 699 798 874 966 1,311 1,398 1,631 2,622 3,059 3,262 4,427 4,893 5,359 6,118 8,854 9,177 9,786 10,718 13,281 16,077 18,354 26,562 30,989 32,154 37,513 61,978 75,026 92,967 101,821 112,539 185,934 203,642 225,078 305,463 610,926 712,747 1,425,494 2,138,241 and 4,276,482, with no remainder.

Since 4,276,482 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,276,482, 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).