Q: Is 4,720,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,720,248 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 4,720,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 41 52 54 72 78 82 104 108 117 123 156 164 216 234 246 312 328 351 369 468 492 533 702 738 936 984 1,066 1,107 1,404 1,476 1,599 1,681 2,132 2,214 2,808 2,952 3,198 3,362 4,264 4,428 4,797 5,043 6,396 6,724 8,856 9,594 10,086 12,792 13,448 14,391 15,129 19,188 20,172 21,853 28,782 30,258 38,376 40,344 43,706 45,387 57,564 60,516 65,559 87,412 90,774 115,128 121,032 131,118 174,824 181,548 196,677 262,236 363,096 393,354 524,472 590,031 786,708 1,180,062 1,573,416 2,360,124 and 4,720,248, with no remainder.

Since 4,720,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,720,248, 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).