Q: Is 4,703,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,703,472 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 4,703,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 89 144 178 267 356 367 534 712 734 801 1,068 1,101 1,424 1,468 1,602 2,136 2,202 2,936 3,204 3,303 4,272 4,404 5,872 6,408 6,606 8,808 12,816 13,212 17,616 26,424 32,663 52,848 65,326 97,989 130,652 195,978 261,304 293,967 391,956 522,608 587,934 783,912 1,175,868 1,567,824 2,351,736 and 4,703,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,703,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,703,472, 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).