Q: Is 4,407,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,407,408 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 4,407,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 127 144 241 254 381 482 508 723 762 964 1,016 1,143 1,446 1,524 1,928 2,032 2,169 2,286 2,892 3,048 3,856 4,338 4,572 5,784 6,096 8,676 9,144 11,568 17,352 18,288 30,607 34,704 61,214 91,821 122,428 183,642 244,856 275,463 367,284 489,712 550,926 734,568 1,101,852 1,469,136 2,203,704 and 4,407,408, with no remainder.

Since 4,407,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,407,408, 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).