Q: Is 4,608,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,608,648 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 4,608,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 23 24 33 36 44 46 66 69 72 88 92 99 121 132 138 184 198 207 242 253 264 276 363 396 414 484 506 529 552 726 759 792 828 968 1,012 1,058 1,089 1,452 1,518 1,587 1,656 2,024 2,116 2,178 2,277 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,174 4,232 4,356 4,554 4,761 5,566 5,819 6,072 6,348 8,349 8,712 9,108 9,522 11,132 11,638 12,696 16,698 17,457 18,216 19,044 22,264 23,276 25,047 33,396 34,914 38,088 46,552 50,094 52,371 64,009 66,792 69,828 100,188 104,742 128,018 139,656 192,027 200,376 209,484 256,036 384,054 418,968 512,072 576,081 768,108 1,152,162 1,536,216 2,304,324 and 4,608,648, with no remainder.

Since 4,608,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,608,648, 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).