Q: Is 4,368,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,368,672 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 4,368,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 96 99 112 126 132 144 154 168 176 197 198 224 231 252 264 288 308 336 352 394 396 462 504 528 591 616 672 693 788 792 924 1,008 1,056 1,182 1,232 1,379 1,386 1,576 1,584 1,773 1,848 2,016 2,167 2,364 2,464 2,758 2,772 3,152 3,168 3,546 3,696 4,137 4,334 4,728 5,516 5,544 6,304 6,501 7,092 7,392 8,274 8,668 9,456 11,032 11,088 12,411 13,002 14,184 15,169 16,548 17,336 18,912 19,503 22,064 22,176 24,822 26,004 28,368 30,338 33,096 34,672 39,006 44,128 45,507 49,644 52,008 56,736 60,676 66,192 69,344 78,012 91,014 99,288 104,016 121,352 132,384 136,521 156,024 182,028 198,576 208,032 242,704 273,042 312,048 364,056 397,152 485,408 546,084 624,096 728,112 1,092,168 1,456,224 2,184,336 and 4,368,672, with no remainder.

Since 4,368,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,368,672, 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).