Q: Is 4,644,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,644,432 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 4,644,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 312 351 432 468 624 702 827 936 1,404 1,654 1,872 2,481 2,808 3,308 4,962 5,616 6,616 7,443 9,924 10,751 13,232 14,886 19,848 21,502 22,329 29,772 32,253 39,696 43,004 44,658 59,544 64,506 86,008 89,316 96,759 119,088 129,012 172,016 178,632 193,518 258,024 290,277 357,264 387,036 516,048 580,554 774,072 1,161,108 1,548,144 2,322,216 and 4,644,432, with no remainder.

Since 4,644,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,644,432, 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).