Q: Is 4,455,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,455,984 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 4,455,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 37 39 48 52 74 78 104 111 148 156 193 208 222 296 312 386 444 481 579 592 624 772 888 962 1,158 1,443 1,544 1,776 1,924 2,316 2,509 2,886 3,088 3,848 4,632 5,018 5,772 7,141 7,527 7,696 9,264 10,036 11,544 14,282 15,054 20,072 21,423 23,088 28,564 30,108 40,144 42,846 57,128 60,216 85,692 92,833 114,256 120,432 171,384 185,666 278,499 342,768 371,332 556,998 742,664 1,113,996 1,485,328 2,227,992 and 4,455,984, with no remainder.

Since 4,455,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,455,984, 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).