Q: Is 4,368,528 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,368,528 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 4,368,528 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 36 46 48 69 72 92 138 144 184 207 276 368 414 552 828 1,104 1,319 1,656 2,638 3,312 3,957 5,276 7,914 10,552 11,871 15,828 21,104 23,742 30,337 31,656 47,484 60,674 63,312 91,011 94,968 121,348 182,022 189,936 242,696 273,033 364,044 485,392 546,066 728,088 1,092,132 1,456,176 2,184,264 and 4,368,528, with no remainder.

Since 4,368,528 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,368,528, 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).