Q: Is 4,609,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,609,476 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 4,609,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 23 36 38 46 57 69 76 92 114 138 171 207 228 276 293 342 414 437 586 684 828 874 879 1,172 1,311 1,748 1,758 2,622 2,637 3,516 3,933 5,244 5,274 5,567 6,739 7,866 10,548 11,134 13,478 15,732 16,701 20,217 22,268 26,956 33,402 40,434 50,103 60,651 66,804 80,868 100,206 121,302 128,041 200,412 242,604 256,082 384,123 512,164 768,246 1,152,369 1,536,492 2,304,738 and 4,609,476, with no remainder.

Since 4,609,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,609,476, 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).