Q: Is 4,684,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,684,428 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 4,684,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 29 36 42 58 63 84 87 116 126 174 203 252 261 348 406 522 609 641 812 1,044 1,218 1,282 1,827 1,923 2,436 2,564 3,654 3,846 4,487 5,769 7,308 7,692 8,974 11,538 13,461 17,948 18,589 23,076 26,922 37,178 40,383 53,844 55,767 74,356 80,766 111,534 130,123 161,532 167,301 223,068 260,246 334,602 390,369 520,492 669,204 780,738 1,171,107 1,561,476 2,342,214 and 4,684,428, with no remainder.

Since 4,684,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,684,428, 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).