Q: Is 4,690,062 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,690,062 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 4,690,062 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 27 34 39 51 54 78 81 102 117 131 153 162 221 234 262 306 351 393 442 459 663 702 786 918 1,053 1,179 1,326 1,377 1,703 1,989 2,106 2,227 2,358 2,754 3,406 3,537 3,978 4,454 5,109 5,967 6,681 7,074 10,218 10,611 11,934 13,362 15,327 17,901 20,043 21,222 28,951 30,654 35,802 40,086 45,981 57,902 60,129 86,853 91,962 120,258 137,943 173,706 180,387 260,559 275,886 360,774 521,118 781,677 1,563,354 2,345,031 and 4,690,062, with no remainder.

Since 4,690,062 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,690,062, 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).