Q: Is 4,471,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,471,056 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 4,471,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 61 72 122 144 183 244 366 488 509 549 732 976 1,018 1,098 1,464 1,527 2,036 2,196 2,928 3,054 4,072 4,392 4,581 6,108 8,144 8,784 9,162 12,216 18,324 24,432 31,049 36,648 62,098 73,296 93,147 124,196 186,294 248,392 279,441 372,588 496,784 558,882 745,176 1,117,764 1,490,352 2,235,528 and 4,471,056, with no remainder.

Since 4,471,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,471,056, 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).