Q: Is 4,546,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,546,416 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 4,546,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 147 168 196 294 336 392 588 784 1,176 1,933 2,352 3,866 5,799 7,732 11,598 13,531 15,464 23,196 27,062 30,928 40,593 46,392 54,124 81,186 92,784 94,717 108,248 162,372 189,434 216,496 284,151 324,744 378,868 568,302 649,488 757,736 1,136,604 1,515,472 2,273,208 and 4,546,416, with no remainder.

Since 4,546,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,546,416, 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).