Q: Is 4,408,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,408,812 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 4,408,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 41 58 82 87 103 116 123 164 174 206 246 261 309 348 369 412 492 522 618 738 927 1,044 1,189 1,236 1,476 1,854 2,378 2,987 3,567 3,708 4,223 4,756 5,974 7,134 8,446 8,961 10,701 11,948 12,669 14,268 16,892 17,922 21,402 25,338 26,883 35,844 38,007 42,804 50,676 53,766 76,014 107,532 122,467 152,028 244,934 367,401 489,868 734,802 1,102,203 1,469,604 2,204,406 and 4,408,812, with no remainder.

Since 4,408,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,408,812, 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).