Q: Is 4,637,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,637,136 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 4,637,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 37 42 48 56 74 84 111 112 148 168 222 259 296 336 373 444 518 592 746 777 888 1,036 1,119 1,492 1,554 1,776 2,072 2,238 2,611 2,984 3,108 4,144 4,476 5,222 5,968 6,216 7,833 8,952 10,444 12,432 13,801 15,666 17,904 20,888 27,602 31,332 41,403 41,776 55,204 62,664 82,806 96,607 110,408 125,328 165,612 193,214 220,816 289,821 331,224 386,428 579,642 662,448 772,856 1,159,284 1,545,712 2,318,568 and 4,637,136, with no remainder.

Since 4,637,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,637,136, 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).