Q: Is 4,620,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,620,024 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 4,620,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 73 108 146 216 219 292 293 438 584 586 657 876 879 1,172 1,314 1,752 1,758 1,971 2,344 2,628 2,637 3,516 3,942 5,256 5,274 7,032 7,884 7,911 10,548 15,768 15,822 21,096 21,389 31,644 42,778 63,288 64,167 85,556 128,334 171,112 192,501 256,668 385,002 513,336 577,503 770,004 1,155,006 1,540,008 2,310,012 and 4,620,024, with no remainder.

Since 4,620,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,620,024, 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).