Q: Is 4,405,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,405,788 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 4,405,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 23 34 36 46 51 68 69 92 102 138 153 204 207 276 306 313 391 414 612 626 782 828 939 1,173 1,252 1,564 1,878 2,346 2,817 3,519 3,756 4,692 5,321 5,634 7,038 7,199 10,642 11,268 14,076 14,398 15,963 21,284 21,597 28,796 31,926 43,194 47,889 63,852 64,791 86,388 95,778 122,383 129,582 191,556 244,766 259,164 367,149 489,532 734,298 1,101,447 1,468,596 2,202,894 and 4,405,788, with no remainder.

Since 4,405,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,405,788, 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).