Q: Is 4,483,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,483,776 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 4,483,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 121 132 176 192 193 242 264 352 363 386 484 528 579 704 726 772 968 1,056 1,158 1,452 1,544 1,936 2,112 2,123 2,316 2,904 3,088 3,872 4,246 4,632 5,808 6,176 6,369 7,744 8,492 9,264 11,616 12,352 12,738 16,984 18,528 23,232 23,353 25,476 33,968 37,056 46,706 50,952 67,936 70,059 93,412 101,904 135,872 140,118 186,824 203,808 280,236 373,648 407,616 560,472 747,296 1,120,944 1,494,592 2,241,888 and 4,483,776, with no remainder.

Since 4,483,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,483,776, 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).