Q: Is 4,700,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,700,376 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 4,700,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 54 72 94 108 141 188 216 282 376 423 463 564 846 926 1,128 1,269 1,389 1,692 1,852 2,538 2,778 3,384 3,704 4,167 5,076 5,556 8,334 10,152 11,112 12,501 16,668 21,761 25,002 33,336 43,522 50,004 65,283 87,044 100,008 130,566 174,088 195,849 261,132 391,698 522,264 587,547 783,396 1,175,094 1,566,792 2,350,188 and 4,700,376, with no remainder.

Since 4,700,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,700,376, 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).