Q: Is 4,488,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,488,792 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 4,488,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 49 56 66 77 84 88 98 132 147 154 168 196 231 264 294 308 347 392 462 539 588 616 694 924 1,041 1,078 1,176 1,388 1,617 1,848 2,082 2,156 2,429 2,776 3,234 3,817 4,164 4,312 4,858 6,468 7,287 7,634 8,328 9,716 11,451 12,936 14,574 15,268 17,003 19,432 22,902 26,719 29,148 30,536 34,006 45,804 51,009 53,438 58,296 68,012 80,157 91,608 102,018 106,876 136,024 160,314 187,033 204,036 213,752 320,628 374,066 408,072 561,099 641,256 748,132 1,122,198 1,496,264 2,244,396 and 4,488,792, with no remainder.

Since 4,488,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,488,792, 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).