Q: Is 4,502,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,502,304 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 4,502,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 193 216 243 288 324 386 432 486 579 648 729 772 864 972 1,158 1,296 1,458 1,544 1,737 1,944 2,316 2,592 2,916 3,088 3,474 3,888 4,632 5,211 5,832 6,176 6,948 7,776 9,264 10,422 11,664 13,896 15,633 18,528 20,844 23,328 27,792 31,266 41,688 46,899 55,584 62,532 83,376 93,798 125,064 140,697 166,752 187,596 250,128 281,394 375,192 500,256 562,788 750,384 1,125,576 1,500,768 2,251,152 and 4,502,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,502,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,502,304, 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).