Q: Is 4,688,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,688,352 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 4,688,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 144 146 219 223 288 292 438 446 584 657 669 876 892 1,168 1,314 1,338 1,752 1,784 2,007 2,336 2,628 2,676 3,504 3,568 4,014 5,256 5,352 7,008 7,136 8,028 10,512 10,704 16,056 16,279 21,024 21,408 32,112 32,558 48,837 64,224 65,116 97,674 130,232 146,511 195,348 260,464 293,022 390,696 520,928 586,044 781,392 1,172,088 1,562,784 2,344,176 and 4,688,352, with no remainder.

Since 4,688,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,688,352, 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).