Q: Is 4,466,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,466,352 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 4,466,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 121 132 176 242 264 363 484 528 726 769 968 1,452 1,538 1,936 2,307 2,904 3,076 4,614 5,808 6,152 8,459 9,228 12,304 16,918 18,456 25,377 33,836 36,912 50,754 67,672 93,049 101,508 135,344 186,098 203,016 279,147 372,196 406,032 558,294 744,392 1,116,588 1,488,784 2,233,176 and 4,466,352, with no remainder.

Since 4,466,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,466,352, 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).