Q: Is 4,724,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,724,304 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 4,724,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 67 78 104 113 134 156 201 208 226 268 312 339 402 452 536 624 678 804 871 904 1,072 1,356 1,469 1,608 1,742 1,808 2,613 2,712 2,938 3,216 3,484 4,407 5,226 5,424 5,876 6,968 7,571 8,814 10,452 11,752 13,936 15,142 17,628 20,904 22,713 23,504 30,284 35,256 41,808 45,426 60,568 70,512 90,852 98,423 121,136 181,704 196,846 295,269 363,408 393,692 590,538 787,384 1,181,076 1,574,768 2,362,152 and 4,724,304, with no remainder.

Since 4,724,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,724,304, 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).