Q: Is 4,679,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,679,472 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 4,679,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 733 798 912 1,064 1,466 1,596 2,128 2,199 2,932 3,192 4,398 5,131 5,864 6,384 8,796 10,262 11,728 13,927 15,393 17,592 20,524 27,854 30,786 35,184 41,048 41,781 55,708 61,572 82,096 83,562 97,489 111,416 123,144 167,124 194,978 222,832 246,288 292,467 334,248 389,956 584,934 668,496 779,912 1,169,868 1,559,824 2,339,736 and 4,679,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,679,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,679,472, 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).