Q: Is 4,491,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,491,072 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 4,491,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 54 64 69 72 92 96 108 113 138 144 184 192 207 216 226 276 288 339 368 414 432 452 552 576 621 678 736 828 864 904 1,017 1,104 1,242 1,356 1,472 1,656 1,728 1,808 2,034 2,208 2,484 2,599 2,712 3,051 3,312 3,616 4,068 4,416 4,968 5,198 5,424 6,102 6,624 7,232 7,797 8,136 9,936 10,396 10,848 12,204 13,248 15,594 16,272 19,872 20,792 21,696 23,391 24,408 31,188 32,544 39,744 41,584 46,782 48,816 62,376 65,088 70,173 83,168 93,564 97,632 124,752 140,346 166,336 187,128 195,264 249,504 280,692 374,256 499,008 561,384 748,512 1,122,768 1,497,024 2,245,536 and 4,491,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,491,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,491,072, 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).