Q: Is 4,635,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,635,072 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 4,635,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 192 208 234 288 312 416 468 576 619 624 832 936 1,238 1,248 1,857 1,872 2,476 2,496 3,714 3,744 4,952 5,571 7,428 7,488 8,047 9,904 11,142 14,856 16,094 19,808 22,284 24,141 29,712 32,188 39,616 44,568 48,282 59,424 64,376 72,423 89,136 96,564 118,848 128,752 144,846 178,272 193,128 257,504 289,692 356,544 386,256 515,008 579,384 772,512 1,158,768 1,545,024 2,317,536 and 4,635,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,635,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,635,072, 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).