Q: Is 4,600,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,600,908 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 4,600,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 29 36 39 52 54 58 78 87 108 113 116 117 156 174 226 234 261 339 348 351 377 452 468 522 678 702 754 783 1,017 1,044 1,131 1,356 1,404 1,469 1,508 1,566 2,034 2,262 2,938 3,051 3,132 3,277 3,393 4,068 4,407 4,524 5,876 6,102 6,554 6,786 8,814 9,831 10,179 12,204 13,108 13,221 13,572 17,628 19,662 20,358 26,442 29,493 39,324 39,663 40,716 42,601 52,884 58,986 79,326 85,202 88,479 117,972 127,803 158,652 170,404 176,958 255,606 353,916 383,409 511,212 766,818 1,150,227 1,533,636 2,300,454 and 4,600,908, with no remainder.

Since 4,600,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,600,908, 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).