Q: Is 4,462,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,462,752 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 4,462,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 84 87 96 112 116 168 174 203 224 229 232 336 348 406 458 464 609 672 687 696 812 916 928 1,218 1,374 1,392 1,603 1,624 1,832 2,436 2,748 2,784 3,206 3,248 3,664 4,809 4,872 5,496 6,412 6,496 6,641 7,328 9,618 9,744 10,992 12,824 13,282 19,236 19,488 19,923 21,984 25,648 26,564 38,472 39,846 46,487 51,296 53,128 76,944 79,692 92,974 106,256 139,461 153,888 159,384 185,948 212,512 278,922 318,768 371,896 557,844 637,536 743,792 1,115,688 1,487,584 2,231,376 and 4,462,752, with no remainder.

Since 4,462,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,462,752, 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).