Q: Is 4,377,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,377,828 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 4,377,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 19 21 26 28 38 39 42 52 57 76 78 84 91 114 133 156 182 211 228 247 266 273 364 399 422 494 532 546 633 741 798 844 988 1,092 1,266 1,477 1,482 1,596 1,729 2,532 2,743 2,954 2,964 3,458 4,009 4,431 5,187 5,486 5,908 6,916 8,018 8,229 8,862 10,374 10,972 12,027 16,036 16,458 17,724 19,201 20,748 24,054 28,063 32,916 38,402 48,108 52,117 56,126 57,603 76,804 84,189 104,234 112,252 115,206 156,351 168,378 208,468 230,412 312,702 336,756 364,819 625,404 729,638 1,094,457 1,459,276 2,188,914 and 4,377,828, with no remainder.

Since 4,377,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,377,828, 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).