Q: Is 4,668,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,668,664 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 4,668,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 53 56 77 88 91 104 106 121 143 154 182 212 242 286 308 364 371 424 484 572 583 616 689 728 742 847 968 1,001 1,144 1,166 1,378 1,484 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,332 2,756 2,968 3,146 3,388 4,004 4,081 4,664 4,823 5,512 6,292 6,413 6,776 7,579 8,008 8,162 9,646 11,011 12,584 12,826 15,158 16,324 19,292 22,022 25,652 30,316 32,648 38,584 44,044 44,891 51,304 53,053 60,632 83,369 88,088 89,782 106,106 166,738 179,564 212,212 333,476 359,128 424,424 583,583 666,952 1,167,166 2,334,332 and 4,668,664, with no remainder.

Since 4,668,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,668,664, 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).