Q: Is 4,470,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,470,444 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 4,470,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 53 54 66 71 99 106 108 132 142 159 198 212 213 284 297 318 396 426 477 583 594 636 639 781 852 954 1,166 1,188 1,278 1,431 1,562 1,749 1,908 1,917 2,332 2,343 2,556 2,862 3,124 3,498 3,763 3,834 4,686 5,247 5,724 6,996 7,029 7,526 7,668 9,372 10,494 11,289 14,058 15,052 15,741 20,988 21,087 22,578 28,116 31,482 33,867 41,393 42,174 45,156 62,964 67,734 82,786 84,348 101,601 124,179 135,468 165,572 203,202 248,358 372,537 406,404 496,716 745,074 1,117,611 1,490,148 2,235,222 and 4,470,444, with no remainder.

Since 4,470,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,470,444, 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).