Q: Is 4,730,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,730,832 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 4,730,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 72 94 108 141 144 188 216 233 282 376 423 432 466 564 699 752 846 932 1,128 1,269 1,398 1,692 1,864 2,097 2,256 2,538 2,796 3,384 3,728 4,194 5,076 5,592 6,291 6,768 8,388 10,152 10,951 11,184 12,582 16,776 20,304 21,902 25,164 32,853 33,552 43,804 50,328 65,706 87,608 98,559 100,656 131,412 175,216 197,118 262,824 295,677 394,236 525,648 591,354 788,472 1,182,708 1,576,944 2,365,416 and 4,730,832, with no remainder.

Since 4,730,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,730,832, 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).