Q: Is 4,645,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,645,424 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 4,645,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 37 38 56 59 74 76 112 118 133 148 152 236 259 266 296 304 413 472 518 532 592 703 826 944 1,036 1,064 1,121 1,406 1,652 2,072 2,128 2,183 2,242 2,812 3,304 4,144 4,366 4,484 4,921 5,624 6,608 7,847 8,732 8,968 9,842 11,248 15,281 15,694 17,464 17,936 19,684 30,562 31,388 34,928 39,368 41,477 61,124 62,776 78,736 82,954 122,248 125,552 165,908 244,496 290,339 331,816 580,678 663,632 1,161,356 2,322,712 and 4,645,424, with no remainder.

Since 4,645,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,645,424, 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).