Q: Is 4,394,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,394,472 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 4,394,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 23 24 38 46 57 69 76 92 114 138 152 184 228 276 419 437 456 552 838 874 1,257 1,311 1,676 1,748 2,514 2,622 3,352 3,496 5,028 5,244 7,961 9,637 10,056 10,488 15,922 19,274 23,883 28,911 31,844 38,548 47,766 57,822 63,688 77,096 95,532 115,644 183,103 191,064 231,288 366,206 549,309 732,412 1,098,618 1,464,824 2,197,236 and 4,394,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,394,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,394,472, 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).