Q: Is 4,337,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,337,472 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 4,337,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 29 32 38 41 48 57 58 64 76 82 87 96 114 116 123 152 164 174 192 228 232 246 304 328 348 456 464 492 551 608 656 696 779 912 928 984 1,102 1,189 1,216 1,312 1,392 1,558 1,653 1,824 1,856 1,968 2,204 2,337 2,378 2,624 2,784 3,116 3,306 3,567 3,648 3,936 4,408 4,674 4,756 5,568 6,232 6,612 7,134 7,872 8,816 9,348 9,512 12,464 13,224 14,268 17,632 18,696 19,024 22,591 24,928 26,448 28,536 35,264 37,392 38,048 45,182 49,856 52,896 57,072 67,773 74,784 76,096 90,364 105,792 114,144 135,546 149,568 180,728 228,288 271,092 361,456 542,184 722,912 1,084,368 1,445,824 2,168,736 and 4,337,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,337,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,337,472, 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).