Q: Is 4,707,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,707,136 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 4,707,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 49 56 64 76 79 98 112 133 152 158 196 224 266 304 316 392 448 532 553 608 632 784 931 1,064 1,106 1,216 1,264 1,501 1,568 1,862 2,128 2,212 2,528 3,002 3,136 3,724 3,871 4,256 4,424 5,056 6,004 7,448 7,742 8,512 8,848 10,507 12,008 14,896 15,484 17,696 21,014 24,016 29,792 30,968 35,392 42,028 48,032 59,584 61,936 73,549 84,056 96,064 123,872 147,098 168,112 247,744 294,196 336,224 588,392 672,448 1,176,784 2,353,568 and 4,707,136, with no remainder.

Since 4,707,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,707,136, 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).