Q: Is 4,629,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,629,408 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 4,629,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 83 84 96 112 166 168 224 249 332 336 498 581 664 672 996 1,162 1,328 1,743 1,992 2,324 2,656 3,486 3,984 4,648 6,889 6,972 7,968 9,296 13,778 13,944 18,592 20,667 27,556 27,888 41,334 48,223 55,112 55,776 82,668 96,446 110,224 144,669 165,336 192,892 220,448 289,338 330,672 385,784 578,676 661,344 771,568 1,157,352 1,543,136 2,314,704 and 4,629,408, with no remainder.

Since 4,629,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,629,408, 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).