Q: Is 4,461,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,461,408 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 4,461,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 2,213 4,426 6,639 8,852 13,278 15,491 17,704 19,917 26,556 30,982 35,408 39,834 46,473 53,112 61,964 70,816 79,668 92,946 106,224 123,928 139,419 159,336 185,892 212,448 247,856 278,838 318,672 371,784 495,712 557,676 637,344 743,568 1,115,352 1,487,136 2,230,704 and 4,461,408, with no remainder.

Since 4,461,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,461,408, 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).