Q: Is 4,434,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,434,048 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 4,434,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 288 384 432 576 864 1,152 1,283 1,728 2,566 3,456 3,849 5,132 7,698 10,264 11,547 15,396 20,528 23,094 30,792 34,641 41,056 46,188 61,584 69,282 82,112 92,376 123,168 138,564 164,224 184,752 246,336 277,128 369,504 492,672 554,256 739,008 1,108,512 1,478,016 2,217,024 and 4,434,048, with no remainder.

Since 4,434,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,434,048, 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).