Q: Is 4,503,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,503,744 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 4,503,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,117 1,344 2,016 2,234 3,351 4,032 4,468 6,702 7,819 8,936 10,053 13,404 15,638 17,872 20,106 23,457 26,808 31,276 35,744 40,212 46,914 53,616 62,552 70,371 71,488 80,424 93,828 107,232 125,104 140,742 160,848 187,656 214,464 250,208 281,484 321,696 375,312 500,416 562,968 643,392 750,624 1,125,936 1,501,248 2,251,872 and 4,503,744, with no remainder.

Since 4,503,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,503,744, 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).