Q: Is 4,502,988 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,502,988 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 4,502,988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 107 126 167 214 252 321 334 428 501 642 668 749 963 1,002 1,169 1,284 1,498 1,503 1,926 2,004 2,247 2,338 2,996 3,006 3,507 3,852 4,494 4,676 6,012 6,741 7,014 8,988 10,521 13,482 14,028 17,869 21,042 26,964 35,738 42,084 53,607 71,476 107,214 125,083 160,821 214,428 250,166 321,642 375,249 500,332 643,284 750,498 1,125,747 1,500,996 2,251,494 and 4,502,988, with no remainder.

Since 4,502,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,502,988, 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).