Q: Is 4,667,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,667,936 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 4,667,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 49 52 56 91 98 104 112 182 196 208 224 229 364 392 416 458 637 728 784 916 1,274 1,456 1,568 1,603 1,832 2,548 2,912 2,977 3,206 3,664 5,096 5,954 6,412 7,328 10,192 11,221 11,908 12,824 20,384 20,839 22,442 23,816 25,648 41,678 44,884 47,632 51,296 83,356 89,768 95,264 145,873 166,712 179,536 291,746 333,424 359,072 583,492 666,848 1,166,984 2,333,968 and 4,667,936, with no remainder.

Since 4,667,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,667,936, 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).