Q: Is 4,671,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,671,864 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 4,671,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 86 108 129 172 216 258 344 387 503 516 774 1,006 1,032 1,161 1,509 1,548 2,012 2,322 3,018 3,096 4,024 4,527 4,644 6,036 9,054 9,288 12,072 13,581 18,108 21,629 27,162 36,216 43,258 54,324 64,887 86,516 108,648 129,774 173,032 194,661 259,548 389,322 519,096 583,983 778,644 1,167,966 1,557,288 2,335,932 and 4,671,864, with no remainder.

Since 4,671,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,671,864, 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).