Q: Is 4,637,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,637,724 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 4,637,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 31 39 42 52 62 78 84 91 93 124 137 156 182 186 217 273 274 364 372 403 411 434 546 548 651 806 822 868 959 1,092 1,209 1,302 1,612 1,644 1,781 1,918 2,418 2,604 2,821 2,877 3,562 3,836 4,247 4,836 5,343 5,642 5,754 7,124 8,463 8,494 10,686 11,284 11,508 12,467 12,741 16,926 16,988 21,372 24,934 25,482 29,729 33,852 37,401 49,868 50,964 55,211 59,458 74,802 89,187 110,422 118,916 149,604 165,633 178,374 220,844 331,266 356,748 386,477 662,532 772,954 1,159,431 1,545,908 2,318,862 and 4,637,724, with no remainder.

Since 4,637,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,637,724, 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).