Q: Is 4,717,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,717,008 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 4,717,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 61 72 108 122 144 179 183 216 244 358 366 432 488 537 549 716 732 976 1,074 1,098 1,432 1,464 1,611 1,647 2,148 2,196 2,864 2,928 3,222 3,294 4,296 4,392 4,833 6,444 6,588 8,592 8,784 9,666 10,919 12,888 13,176 19,332 21,838 25,776 26,352 32,757 38,664 43,676 65,514 77,328 87,352 98,271 131,028 174,704 196,542 262,056 294,813 393,084 524,112 589,626 786,168 1,179,252 1,572,336 2,358,504 and 4,717,008, with no remainder.

Since 4,717,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,717,008, 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).