Q: Is 4,615,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,615,104 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 4,615,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 43 48 52 64 78 86 96 104 129 156 172 192 208 258 312 344 416 516 559 624 688 832 1,032 1,118 1,248 1,376 1,677 1,849 2,064 2,236 2,496 2,752 3,354 3,698 4,128 4,472 5,547 6,708 7,396 8,256 8,944 11,094 13,416 14,792 17,888 22,188 24,037 26,832 29,584 35,776 44,376 48,074 53,664 59,168 72,111 88,752 96,148 107,328 118,336 144,222 177,504 192,296 288,444 355,008 384,592 576,888 769,184 1,153,776 1,538,368 2,307,552 and 4,615,104, with no remainder.

Since 4,615,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,615,104, 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).