Q: Is 4,424,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,424,784 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 4,424,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,013 1,092 1,456 2,026 2,184 3,039 4,052 4,368 6,078 7,091 8,104 12,156 13,169 14,182 16,208 21,273 24,312 26,338 28,364 39,507 42,546 48,624 52,676 56,728 79,014 85,092 92,183 105,352 113,456 158,028 170,184 184,366 210,704 276,549 316,056 340,368 368,732 553,098 632,112 737,464 1,106,196 1,474,928 2,212,392 and 4,424,784, with no remainder.

Since 4,424,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,424,784, 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).