Q: Is 4,688,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,688,124 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 4,688,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 49 51 67 68 84 98 102 119 134 147 196 201 204 238 268 294 343 357 402 469 476 588 686 714 804 833 938 1,029 1,139 1,372 1,407 1,428 1,666 1,876 2,058 2,278 2,499 2,814 3,283 3,332 3,417 4,116 4,556 4,998 5,628 5,831 6,566 6,834 7,973 9,849 9,996 11,662 13,132 13,668 15,946 17,493 19,698 22,981 23,324 23,919 31,892 34,986 39,396 45,962 47,838 55,811 68,943 69,972 91,924 95,676 111,622 137,886 167,433 223,244 275,772 334,866 390,677 669,732 781,354 1,172,031 1,562,708 2,344,062 and 4,688,124, with no remainder.

Since 4,688,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,688,124, 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).