Q: Is 4,671,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,671,072 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 4,671,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 96 98 112 126 144 147 168 196 224 252 288 294 331 336 392 441 504 588 662 672 784 882 993 1,008 1,176 1,324 1,568 1,764 1,986 2,016 2,317 2,352 2,648 2,979 3,528 3,972 4,634 4,704 5,296 5,958 6,951 7,056 7,944 9,268 10,592 11,916 13,902 14,112 15,888 16,219 18,536 20,853 23,832 27,804 31,776 32,438 37,072 41,706 47,664 48,657 55,608 64,876 74,144 83,412 95,328 97,314 111,216 129,752 145,971 166,824 194,628 222,432 259,504 291,942 333,648 389,256 519,008 583,884 667,296 778,512 1,167,768 1,557,024 2,335,536 and 4,671,072, with no remainder.

Since 4,671,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,671,072, 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).