Q: Is 4,695,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,695,372 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 4,695,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 71 99 132 142 167 198 213 284 334 396 426 501 639 668 781 852 1,002 1,278 1,503 1,562 1,837 2,004 2,343 2,556 3,006 3,124 3,674 4,686 5,511 6,012 7,029 7,348 9,372 11,022 11,857 14,058 16,533 22,044 23,714 28,116 33,066 35,571 47,428 66,132 71,142 106,713 130,427 142,284 213,426 260,854 391,281 426,852 521,708 782,562 1,173,843 1,565,124 2,347,686 and 4,695,372, with no remainder.

Since 4,695,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,695,372, 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).