Q: Is 4,344,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,344,648 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 4,344,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 264 308 462 616 924 1,848 2,351 4,702 7,053 9,404 14,106 16,457 18,808 25,861 28,212 32,914 49,371 51,722 56,424 65,828 77,583 98,742 103,444 131,656 155,166 181,027 197,484 206,888 310,332 362,054 394,968 543,081 620,664 724,108 1,086,162 1,448,216 2,172,324 and 4,344,648, with no remainder.

Since 4,344,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,344,648, 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).