Q: Is 4,445,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,445,712 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 4,445,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 82 108 123 144 164 216 246 251 328 369 432 492 502 656 738 753 984 1,004 1,107 1,476 1,506 1,968 2,008 2,214 2,259 2,952 3,012 4,016 4,428 4,518 5,904 6,024 6,777 8,856 9,036 10,291 12,048 13,554 17,712 18,072 20,582 27,108 30,873 36,144 41,164 54,216 61,746 82,328 92,619 108,432 123,492 164,656 185,238 246,984 277,857 370,476 493,968 555,714 740,952 1,111,428 1,481,904 2,222,856 and 4,445,712, with no remainder.

Since 4,445,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,445,712, 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).