Q: Is 4,559,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,559,904 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 4,559,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 71 72 96 142 144 213 223 284 288 426 446 568 639 669 852 892 1,136 1,278 1,338 1,704 1,784 2,007 2,272 2,556 2,676 3,408 3,568 4,014 5,112 5,352 6,816 7,136 8,028 10,224 10,704 15,833 16,056 20,448 21,408 31,666 32,112 47,499 63,332 64,224 94,998 126,664 142,497 189,996 253,328 284,994 379,992 506,656 569,988 759,984 1,139,976 1,519,968 2,279,952 and 4,559,904, with no remainder.

Since 4,559,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,559,904, 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).