Q: Is 4,450,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,450,224 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 4,450,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 29 46 48 58 69 87 92 116 138 139 174 184 232 276 278 348 368 417 464 552 556 667 696 834 1,104 1,112 1,334 1,392 1,668 2,001 2,224 2,668 3,197 3,336 4,002 4,031 5,336 6,394 6,672 8,004 8,062 9,591 10,672 12,093 12,788 16,008 16,124 19,182 24,186 25,576 32,016 32,248 38,364 48,372 51,152 64,496 76,728 92,713 96,744 153,456 185,426 193,488 278,139 370,852 556,278 741,704 1,112,556 1,483,408 2,225,112 and 4,450,224, with no remainder.

Since 4,450,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,450,224, 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).