Q: Is 4,493,202 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,493,202 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 4,493,202 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 29 31 34 42 49 51 58 62 87 93 98 102 119 147 174 186 203 217 238 294 357 406 434 493 527 609 651 714 833 899 986 1,054 1,218 1,302 1,421 1,479 1,519 1,581 1,666 1,798 2,499 2,697 2,842 2,958 3,038 3,162 3,451 3,689 4,263 4,557 4,998 5,394 6,293 6,902 7,378 8,526 9,114 10,353 11,067 12,586 15,283 18,879 20,706 22,134 24,157 25,823 30,566 37,758 44,051 45,849 48,314 51,646 72,471 77,469 88,102 91,698 106,981 132,153 144,942 154,938 213,962 264,306 320,943 641,886 748,867 1,497,734 2,246,601 and 4,493,202, with no remainder.

Since 4,493,202 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,493,202, 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).