Q: Is 4,459,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,459,728 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 4,459,728 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 1,021 1,092 1,456 2,042 2,184 3,063 4,084 4,368 6,126 7,147 8,168 12,252 13,273 14,294 16,336 21,441 24,504 26,546 28,588 39,819 42,882 49,008 53,092 57,176 79,638 85,764 92,911 106,184 114,352 159,276 171,528 185,822 212,368 278,733 318,552 343,056 371,644 557,466 637,104 743,288 1,114,932 1,486,576 2,229,864 and 4,459,728, with no remainder.

Since 4,459,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,459,728, 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).