Q: Is 4,697,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,697,136 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 4,697,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 83 108 131 144 166 216 249 262 332 393 432 498 524 664 747 786 996 1,048 1,179 1,328 1,494 1,572 1,992 2,096 2,241 2,358 2,988 3,144 3,537 3,984 4,482 4,716 5,976 6,288 7,074 8,964 9,432 10,873 11,952 14,148 17,928 18,864 21,746 28,296 32,619 35,856 43,492 56,592 65,238 86,984 97,857 130,476 173,968 195,714 260,952 293,571 391,428 521,904 587,142 782,856 1,174,284 1,565,712 2,348,568 and 4,697,136, with no remainder.

Since 4,697,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,697,136, 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).