Q: Is 4,577,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,577,472 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 4,577,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 288 324 432 576 648 864 883 1,296 1,728 1,766 2,592 2,649 3,532 5,184 5,298 7,064 7,947 10,596 14,128 15,894 21,192 23,841 28,256 31,788 42,384 47,682 56,512 63,576 71,523 84,768 95,364 127,152 143,046 169,536 190,728 254,304 286,092 381,456 508,608 572,184 762,912 1,144,368 1,525,824 2,288,736 and 4,577,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,577,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,577,472, 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).