Q: Is 4,562,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,562,432 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 4,562,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 56 64 67 76 112 128 133 134 152 224 256 266 268 304 448 469 512 532 536 608 896 938 1,064 1,072 1,216 1,273 1,792 1,876 2,128 2,144 2,432 2,546 3,584 3,752 4,256 4,288 4,864 5,092 7,504 8,512 8,576 8,911 9,728 10,184 15,008 17,024 17,152 17,822 20,368 30,016 34,048 34,304 35,644 40,736 60,032 68,096 71,288 81,472 120,064 142,576 162,944 240,128 285,152 325,888 570,304 651,776 1,140,608 2,281,216 and 4,562,432, with no remainder.

Since 4,562,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,562,432, 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).