Q: Is 4,691,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,691,328 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 4,691,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 38 48 57 64 76 96 114 128 152 192 228 304 384 456 608 643 912 1,216 1,286 1,824 1,929 2,432 2,572 3,648 3,858 5,144 7,296 7,716 10,288 12,217 15,432 20,576 24,434 30,864 36,651 41,152 48,868 61,728 73,302 82,304 97,736 123,456 146,604 195,472 246,912 293,208 390,944 586,416 781,888 1,172,832 1,563,776 2,345,664 and 4,691,328, with no remainder.

Since 4,691,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,691,328, 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).