Q: Is 4,707,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,707,584 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 4,707,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 37 56 64 71 74 112 128 142 148 224 256 259 284 296 448 497 518 568 592 896 994 1,036 1,136 1,184 1,792 1,988 2,072 2,272 2,368 2,627 3,976 4,144 4,544 4,736 5,254 7,952 8,288 9,088 9,472 10,508 15,904 16,576 18,176 18,389 21,016 31,808 33,152 36,778 42,032 63,616 66,304 73,556 84,064 127,232 147,112 168,128 294,224 336,256 588,448 672,512 1,176,896 2,353,792 and 4,707,584, with no remainder.

Since 4,707,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,707,584, 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).